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While Jamaican journalists were generally free to cover sensitive stories such as the country's economic decline and its rising crime rate, there were widespread concerns that pending legislation could deter aggressive reporting. For example, a new anticorruption bill introduced by the government of Prime Minister Percival Noel James Patterson would also restrict the ability of…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260