Journalist Guilds Demand Total Repeal of the Hate Law: Decriminalizing Not Enough
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Sntp and CNP reacted to Delcy Rodríguez's request for reform
The National College of Journalists (CNP) reiterated this Tuesday, September 29, that the Law against Hate should be repealed, after it was known that the president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, asked the National Assembly (AN) for a partial reform of that legal instrument. «In light of the request made by the president(e), Delcy Rodríguez to the [...] The entry National College of Journalists requested repeal of the Law against Hate …
National organizations demanded on Tuesday, September 29, that the anti-hate law, pointed out as part of a “repressive legal framework” against journalists, human rights defenders and people critical of Chavismo, be repealed instead of reformed, as Delcy Rodríguez asked the National Assembly (AN). “We continue to demand the repeal,” the Union said. [...] The entry Organizations demand repeal and not reform of the Law against Hatred was first pub…
The union says that removing prison sentences from the Hate Law is an important step forward, but leaving intact the sanctions that allow to close stations, block portals and order the removal of content, would maintain existing censorship mechanisms against journalists and media. The post SNTP: Decriminalizing the Hate Law is not enough when first on El Carabobeño.
SNTP warns that reforming the Hate Law requires eliminating prison sentences and censorship mechanisms that affect digital media and platforms. SNTP entry calls for dismantling penalties and censorship mechanisms from the Hate Law #29Sep was first published in El Impulso.
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