CPJ, partners call on Peruvian authorities to dismiss a new criminal complaint against journalist Paola Ugaz
The Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN International, and other 34 freedom of expression and press freedom organizations and media outlets, signed a joint statement condemning a new criminal complaint filed on August 17 by the Asociación Civil San Juan Bautista (ACSJB) against Peruvian investigative journalist Paola Ugaz. The complaint is the latest in a series of legal…
Investigative journalist Paola Ugaz faces criminal defamation suit in Peru
New York, September 22, 2020 — Peruvian authorities must stop the campaign of legal harassment against journalist Paola Ugaz and take steps to reform the country’s criminal defamation laws, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Yesterday, the Ninth Criminal Court of Lima held the first hearing in a criminal defamation trial for Ugaz, an…