Return of the blue pencil

Background

Following the detention of former prime minister José Sócrates on charges of corruption in November 2014, Portugal's leading newspaper, Correio da Manhã, published a series of news stories detailing and denouncing his illegal activities.

Eleven months later and even though he was still in jail, Sócrates used his network of influence to get a court order imposed to silence the newspaper again.

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