KIEV — When you go after bribe takers in Ukraine, they will fight back.
I know because I am being taken to court for an op-ed I wrote for POLITICO about the corruption of my country’s higher education system. After I described how I had paid a $200 bribe to my university professor in order to get him to consider my dissertation, he accused me of slander and of making “an attack on his honor and dignity.”
Losing this case will be a loss for education reform and freedom of speech. If journalists are punished for talking about corruption, then the rest …read more
Source: European Voice
