1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Panama: Proposed "reform" of gag law would further restrict press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kYCB4SERv6"><a href="https://cpj.org/1999/07/panama-proposed-reform-of-gag-law-would-further-re-1/">Panama: Proposed “reform” of gag law would further restrict press freedom</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/1999/07/panama-proposed-reform-of-gag-law-would-further-re-1/embed/#?secret=kYCB4SERv6" width="600" height="338" title="“Panama: Proposed “reform” of gag law would further restrict press freedom” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="kYCB4SERv6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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July 26, 1999 His Excellency Ernesto Pérez Balladares President of Panama Presidential Palace Panama City, Panama Fax: 507-227-0073 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its dismay over proposed legislation that, while masquerading as an effort to reform Panama's onerous "gag laws," is actually a further assault on press freedom.https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260