Association of Journalists of Macedonia

The fact that Macedonia is one of the few countries in Europe to have incarcerated a journalist - not for the first time - speaks volumes about the state of media freedom there, Ricardo Gutierrez says.

More than a thousand journalists and supporters who insist that Tomislav Kezarovski is innocent - and that his incarceration is a blow to the freedom of speech - protested on Tuesday in front of the Court of Appeals before later moving in front of Macedonia's government building.

Macedonian journalists in the "Board for Kezarovski's support" staged a protest in front of the Court of Appeals in Skopje on Friday, condeming a court verdict announced on Thursday, which failed to order the release of the reporter.