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Criminal defamation cases and news documented by CPJ
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MEXICO:
CPJ condemns criminal defamation law in Chiapas state
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
POSTED June 15, 2004
GRENADA: CPJ
sends letter to prime minister about intimidation of local media
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
POSTED June 9, 2004
PANAMA:
Journalist forced to submit to questioning in criminal defamation
case
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
POSTED March 24, 2004
COSTA RICA: CPJ submits
brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
Read the Amicus
Brief in English and Spanish (PDF, 3.2 MG)
POSTED February 11, 2004
ECUADOR: CPJ
concerned about journalist convicted of criminal defamation
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
POSTED January 28, 2004
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PANAMA:
Judge overturns decision
barring journalist from leaving country
Versión
en español
Versão
em português
POSTED October 29, 2003
VENEZUELA:
CPJ condemns Supreme
Court ruling
Versión
en español
Versâo
em português
POSTED July 30, 2003
CHILE:
TV commentator cleared of "disrespect" charges
Versión
en español
POSTED April 4 , 2003
MEXICO: CPJ
protests detention and criminal prosecution of journalist Isabel
Arvide
Versión
en español
POSTED March 7, 2003
PANAMA: Judge
orders journalist to serve jail time
Versión
en español
POSTED February 28, 2003
COSTA RICA
: Inter-American
Court to hear criminal defamation case
Versión
en español
POSTED February 26, 2003
CHILE: TV commentator
convicted of "disrespect"
Versión
en español
POSTED February 5, 2003
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BRAZIL:
Journalist charged
with criminal defamation
Versão
em português
POSTED September 13, 2002
MEXICO:
Journalist charged
with criminal defamnation
POSTED August 19, 2002
UNITED
STATES: Publisher and
editor are convicted of criminal defamation
Versión
en español
POSTED July 18, 2002
PANAMA:
Journalist goes on
trial for defamation
POSTED May 13, 2002
MEXICO:
Publisher faces criminal
defamation charges
POSTED May 10, 2002
CHILE:
Executive branch pledges
to reform criminal defamation laws
Versión
en español
POSTED May 7, 2002
PANAMA:
Authorities seek strict
press licensing regime
Versión
en español
POSTED April 11, 2002
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ARGENTINA:
CPJ awardee presents
case to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Versión
en español
Posted November 15, 2001
COSTA RICA:
Inter-American Court of Human Rights grants relief to local paper
Versión
en español
Posted October 3, 2001
BRAZIL: Journalist
murdered on eve of scheduled testimony in defamation case
Versión
en español
Posted August 27, 2001
VENEZUELA:
CPJ alarmed by Venezuelan high court "truthful Information" ruling
Versión
en español
Posted June 21, 2001
CHILE: President ratifies
press law that repeals "disrespect" statute;
CPJ concerned over certain provisions
Versión en
español
Posted May 25, 2001
MEXICO: Former
mayor files criminal defamation charges against journalists
Posted May 22, 2001
COSTA RICA: Inter-American
Court of Human Rights may intervene in criminal defamation case
Posted May 21, 2001
PANAMA: Journalist's
criminal defamation trial starts tomorrow
Posted May 15, 2001
CHILE: Congress repeals
"disrespect" statute
Versión
en español
Posted April 20, 2001
CHILE: CPJ submits amicus
brief in Matus criminal defamation case
Versión en
español
Posted March 23, 2001
CUBA: Jailed journalist
released
Versión en
español
Posted March 23, 2001
CUBA: Independent
journalist released after two years in jail
Versión
en español
Posted January 18, 2001
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AMERICAS:
OAS Human Rights Commission issues press freedom declaration
Versión
en español
Posted October 26, 2000
MEXICO:
Former police chief
drops criminal-defamation suit against Ciudad Juárez journalists
Versión
en español
Posted October 6, 2000
MEXICO:
Ciudad Juárez
journalists prosecuted for defaming former police chief
Versión en
español
Posted October 2, 2000
VENEZUELA: House
arrest for editor named in defamation suit
Versión en español
Posted
August 14, 2000
PANAMA: Police
surround homes of three journalists charged with criminal defamation
of attorney general
Versión en
español
Posted
August 8, 2000
PANAMA:
Another jail sentence for Singares
Versión en español
Posted
August 3, 2000
PANAMA: Journalist
faces jail for reporting sexual allegations against attorney general
Versión en
español
Posted
July 26, 2000
PANAMA: Jail
for journalists as government drags heels on gag-law reform
Read CPJ's protest letter
Versión
en español
Posted
July 21, 2000
VENEZUELA: Weekly
that criticized government contracts is charged with criminal defamation
Versión
en español
Posted
July 17, 2000
PANAMA: Journalist
faces arrest for offending Attorney General
Versión
en español
Posted
July 6, 2000
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International conventions and declarations
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"Everyone
has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes
freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and
impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
— ARTICLE 19 of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
ARTICLE
4 of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Men
ARTICLE 13
of the American Convention on Human Right
UNESCO Declaration of Sana'a
Joint Declaration UN Special Rapporteur on Opinion and Expression,
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media,
OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression
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Organization
of American States
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Organization of American States
Office of the
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Report
on "Disrespect" Laws
Declaration on Principles
of Freedom of Expression
Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights
CPJ NEWS: OAS Human Rights
Commission issues press freedom declaration
Posted October 26, 2000 Versión
en español
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PRESS
LAW DATABASE (Inter American Press Association, Chapultepec Project)
Click
here for legal developments documented by CPJ.
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Legal
decisions and briefs
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The Sunday Times v. United Kingdom (1979). European Court of Human Rights
Castells v. Spain (1992), European Court of Human Rights, Rep.445
Thorgeirson v. Iceland, (1992) 14 Eur. H.R. Rep. 843
CPJ Amicus Brief in Croatia Criminal Libel Case,
Debevoise & Plimpton, 1996 Acrobat PDF file
Holomisa v. Argus Newspapers Ltd., 1996 (6) B.C.L.R. 836
(South Africa Supreme Court, Witwatersrand Local Division 1996)
CPJ Amicus Brief in Taiwan Criminal Libel Case,
Debevoise & Plimpton, 1997Acrobat PDF file
Oberschlick
v. Austria, (1998) 25 Eur. H.R. Rep. 357
Nilsen & Johnsen v. Norway, (2000) 30 Eur.. H.R. Rep. 878
CPJ Amicus Brief in Chile (Alejandro Matrus) Criminal Defamation case,
Debevoise & Plimpton, 2001 Acrobat PDF file
Versión en español
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United
States court cases
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New York
Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
Ashton v. Kentucky, 384 U.S. 195 (1966)
Curtis Publishing
Co. v. Butts, 388 US 130 (1967)
St. Amant v. Thompson, 390 U.S. 727 (1968)
New York Times v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
Tollett
v. United States, 485 F.2d 1087, 1096 (8th Cir. 1973)
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
Gottschalk
v State, 575 P. 2d 289,290 (Alaska 1978)
Velasco
v. Municipal Court, 147 Cal. App. 3d (1983)
Philadelphia
Newspapers, Inc., v. Hepps, 475 U.S. 767 (1986)
Milkovich
v. Lorain Journal Co., 497 US 1(1990)
Fitts v. Kolb, 779 F.
Supp. 1502 (D.S.C. 1991)
Ivey v. Alabama
(2001)
Wampler v. Higgins
(2001)
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Article XIX
La Asociación para
la Defensa del Periodismo Independiente (PERIODISTAS)
Center for Justice and International Law
Derechos Human Rights
Georgetown University: Baso de Data
Politicos de las Américas
Human Rights Watch
Inter American Press Association
Libel Defense Resource Center
Libertad-Prensa.org
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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