MPs are quietly preparing a new muzzle law

While the public still remembers the large-scale arrests at Motol Hospital and other corruption cases, politicians have rarely agreed that journalists should be restricted from publishing the names of suspects and prosecuted individuals. Both government and opposition representatives voted in favor of such a restriction at the Constitutional and Legal Committee, with the exception of pirate MP Jakub Michálek. The muzzle proposal was proposed by …

From now on, neither the media nor anyone else should report the identity of people prosecuted by the police or who have become victims or witnesses in their cases. This is proposed by the ANO MP Radek Vondráček in an amendment to the Criminal Code, which is currently being debated by the Chamber and will be tabled on Wednesday in...

The ban on publishing the identities of suspects and prosecuted people would not apply to the names of politicians and other publicly known people, even after the proposed tightening, claims the amendment's proponent, the chairman of the parliamentary constitutional and legal committee, Radek Vondráček. According to him, it is about strengthening the personal rights of ordinary people.

The parliamentary constitutional and legal committee has supported a proposal by Radek Vondráček (ANO), which would prohibit journalists from publishing the identities of people under criminal prosecution. His proposal has sparked a heated debate among MPs. While supporters claim that it would prevent information leaks to the media, opponents see it as “another mutation of the muzzle law”. The Ministry of Justice agrees with the proposal.