Less than a week after the assassination of Socrates Giolias, journalist and administrator of the controversial Greek Blog Troktiko - the Rodent- the site has announced that it’s closing down.
On Saturday the site blog published the following:
“Final post for Troktiko – Goodnight, Greece.
The country that gave birth to Democracy has killed freedom of expression. Have a safe journey Socrates; keep an eye on us from above.”
The site / blog had a huge Greek following with an Alexa Traffic Rank of 5 in Greece, and 869 globally.
The assassination of Socrates Giolias, a low-profile research journalist and radio station CEO, came as a shock to the media world in Greece. Both Socrates Giolias and Troktiko – posting from Troktiko.Blogspot.com – have been hounding corrupt politicians and business people with daily announcements about scandals and financial discrepancies.
Panos Sobolos, president of the Athens journalists' union said last week after the murder, "Somebody wanted to silence a very good investigative reporter who had stepped on a lot of toes with his stories."
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Goodnight Greece - Troktiko Blog shuts down after assassination
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2 comments:
Sad news, although probably predictable - when you publicly ridicule people in positions of authority there are always going to be some who will take extreme measures to stop you.
really sad news
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