Criminal defamation prosecutions are still widespread throughout the Americas. In a new special report, prepared by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in collaboration with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, CPJ finds a total of 32 out of 33 countries in the hemisphere maintain criminal penalties for defamation.
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Belize | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua | Panama
Antigua And Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Grenada | Jamaica | St. Lucia | Haiti | Trinidad And Tobago
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