Greece: A 2nd Trial for Naming Names

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/world/europe/greek-publisher-of-hot-doc-to-be-tried-again.html

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A Greek magazine publisher and editor who was cleared of violating privacy laws this month after he published the names of more than 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts is to face trial again, a court official said Friday, after the prosecutor appealed. Kostas Vaxevanis who owns and edits Hot Doc, a respected investigative magazine, was acquitted of misdemeanor charges by a judge on Nov. 1 after publishing the list. The case shined a light on the Greek authorities’ failure to effectively crack down on widespread tax evasion and fueled a debate over media freedom and personal privacy laws. Mr. Vaxevanis is to be retried in a higher-level misdemeanor court on the same charges, and faces a two-year prison sentence if he is found guilty.