Senators and the Idea of a Gag Law 2.0: Experts Warn of Serious Threat to Press Freedom

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It happened in 2016 after the Penta and SQM cases, without success, and is re-established today - almost a decade later - regarding the cases Audio, ProCultura, Sierra Bella and Monsalve. It seems that every time the political world comes to the fore in criminal investigations, a group of congressmen takes pencil and paper and tries to reissue laws that sanction those who disseminate pieces of reserved files. That is what is happening today in C…

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In addition, he added that “it should be explained, that the journalist cannot be persecuted.” In conversation with ‘Now is When’, the criminal lawyer and expert in Human Rights, Francisco Cox, addressed the discussion that opened the legislative motion of the so-called Mordaza 2.0 bill that seeks to strengthen the protection of background in criminal proceedings, in order to avoid leaks such as those that occurred in the cases Audio, Monsalve, …

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Senators Pedro Araya (PPD) and Paulina Núñez (RN), both representatives of the Antofagasta region, are among the five promoters of a controversial bill that seeks to criminalize and punish with prison sentences the dissemination of background information that arises from a criminal investigation declared to be reserved. “The motion of protection of criminal record”, which last Monday was close to passing to the courtroom after the acceleration o…