Tribune de Genève: No apology from editor-in-chief for Gaddafi police photos
Following the publication of police photos of Hannibal Gaddafi in the *Tribune de Genève* last September, the editor-in-chief of the Geneva daily refuses to apologize or reveal the name of his source.
The publication of the photos is one of the reasons for the ongoing crisis with Libya, writes Nachrichten.ch. According to Blick, experts even believe that Libyan hostage Max Göldi would be released as soon as the matter with the Geneva daily is off the table. In concrete terms, this would mean, for example, an apology for the pictures.
That the editor-in-chief of the paper, Pierre Rütschi does not want to apologize for it is because the publication was important, as he says. Rather, it seems to him that the pictures served as a pretext for an orchestrated strategy. Rütschi also recalled that all those involved in the matter had been humiliated. That was what they wanted to express. He regretted, however, if the publication of the pictures had delayed or complicated the whole matter.
Rütschli will also not disclose the name of the person who forwarded the photos to the newspaper. This would violate the protection of sources.
That the editor-in-chief of the paper, Pierre Rütschi does not want to apologize for it is because the publication was important, as he says. Rather, it seems to him that the pictures served as a pretext for an orchestrated strategy. Rütschi also recalled that all those involved in the matter had been humiliated. That was what they wanted to express. He regretted, however, if the publication of the pictures had delayed or complicated the whole matter.
Rütschli will also not disclose the name of the person who forwarded the photos to the newspaper. This would violate the protection of sources.
