Journalist Mohamed Khalaf has been threatened for posting on social media. On the air of “NOVA Sunday” he told why he was worried about his life and that of his relatives.
“For 20 years – since the war in Iraq started and I started commenting on it, threats from different countries have started. They come from people associated with various Bulgarian parties and politicians.
The biggest and unjustified threats are from the Arab community. “They think I’m insulting their countries,” Khalaf said.
According to the journalist, he is not the only one threatened by the Arab world. However, Khalaf does not intend to stop commenting. The worst threat he received was from a member of the criminal contingent who received a large sum of money to intimidate him.
“He came to tell me that he had been paid to threaten me. He warned me that no one else would ignore this amount. I alerted the Bulgarian institutions and there was an investigation.
These people believe that they live in a fictional world where their values are valid in a democracy. I was also threatened after I discovered an affair.
There was a publication in AFP that was not noticed in Bulgaria. I was also threatened then, “the journalist said.
He stressed that over the years he has always tried to be objective and show all points of view. He avoided giving an assessment. His latest publications are related to the conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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