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CPJ calls on Peru to decriminalize defamation as two journalists face court

April 19, 2016 10:14 AM EDT

Bogotá, Colombia, April 19, 2016–A Peruvian journalist received a suspended jail sentence Monday and was ordered to pay damages to former President Alan García Pérez after being convicted of criminal defamation, according to news reports.

Two Peruvian journalists found guilty of defamation

June 6, 2012 5:26 PM EDT

New York, June 6, 2012–An appeals court in Peru must overturn the guilty verdict handed down yesterday to two Peruvian journalists charged with defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.