New York, April 2, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a recent decision by a Peruvian appeals court to overturn the criminal defamation conviction against a journalist who reported on local corruption.

New York, April 2, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a recent decision by a Peruvian appeals court to overturn the criminal defamation conviction against a journalist who reported on local corruption.
Nueva York, 10 de noviembre de 2011--Un periodista provincial
peruano fue hallado culpable de difamación por un tribunal regional el lunes y
recibió una sentencia de prisión en suspenso por sus informes sobre supuesta
corrupción, según indicó la prensa.
New York, November 10, 2011--A Peruvian provincial journalist was found guilty of defamation by a regional court on Monday and received a suspended prison sentence and fine for his reports about alleged corruption, news reports said.