1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2001: Chile - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WREodAeX47"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-chile/">Attacks on the Press 2001: Chile</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-chile/embed/#?secret=WREodAeX47" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2001: Chile” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="WREodAeX47" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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After years of wrangling, Chile's Congress finally passed a press law repealing some of the country's most draconian defamation and libel statutes. There has been intense international pressure to rid Chile's legal system of its severe restrictions on the press. But local media also credit President Ricardo Lagos with reviving the reforms, which were stalled…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260