The preliminary investigation into alleged defamation targeting Finnish journalist Ida Erämaa has been closed after the Chief Prosecutor of Southern Finland found that the journalist was partly responsible for the insults and threats she received. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its affiliate, the Finnish Union of Journalists (UJF), in criticising the decision and the justifications put forward. The UJF filed a complaint with the Office of the Prosecutor General. In 2023, Ida Erämaa’s column about the right-wing Finns Party (PS) in the tabloid newspaper Iltalehti led to a large-scale online harassment campaign by PS supporters and MPs, whose … Continue reading Finland: Journalists’ union filed complaint to the Prosecutor General in the case of journalist Ida Erämaa