Ilze Jaunalksne

Ilze Jaunalksne (born November 19, 1976 in Jūrmala) is a Latvian journalist and was an anchor for the current affairs program De Facto.[1][2] In March 2006 on De Facto, she broke the story of Latvian national political leaders from various different parties buying votes.[1][3] Her reporting on this caused a minister to be forced to resign, and some high-ranking political figures to be indicted.[3] In retaliation, her phone was illegally tapped and transcripts of her conversations released to the media by her opponents in the government.[1]

Ilze Jaunalksne
Born (1976-11-19) 19 November 1976
Jūrmala, Latvian SSR
Alma materUniversity of Latvia
OccupationJournalist
Years active1999-present

In response to this invasion of her privacy, Jaunalksne took the government to court for defamation of character, which was the first such case in Latvia.[1][2][4] She won, with the Latvian Financial Police being ordered to pay her 100,000 lats ($187,000) in damages for illegally recording her calls and making the transcripts public, and the Finance Ministry and State Revenue Service being found guilty of invading her privacy.[1]

She received a 2007 International Women of Courage award.[1][2][5] However, she could not attend the ceremonies since she was about to give birth.[6]

References
  1. "IIP Publications -". IIP Publications. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (2007-03-07). "Honorees". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  3. "AWIU » 2007 WOC – Ilze Jaunalksne". Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. e-risinājumi (Logic), Kaspars L. <kaspars@case lv> (css HTML), SIA. "News". AT.GOV.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  5. "US trumpets achievement of Latvian journalist". eng.lsm.lv. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. "Terrific Women". National Review. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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