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Finland has put three journalists on trial on charges of revealing national defence secrets for allegedly publishing classified documents in a newspaper article.
The article in the daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat focused on the activities of the Finnish Intelligence Research Center, a military intelligence agency.
The agency claims the investigative report revealed the rough location and tasks of an intelligence unit of the defence forces.
Reporters Tuomo Pietilaina and Laura Halmi, and the paper’s acting manager at the time, Kalle Silfverberg, have been placed on trial and all 3 have denied wrongdoing.
If convicted, they face prison sentences of up to four years, according to Finnish broadcaster MTV.
MTV added that the three were not present at the District Court of Helsinki on Thursday but are scheduled to testify at the end of November.
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