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A comprehensive legal review conducted by the International Press Institute confirmed that every independent state considered geographically or culturally part of the Caribbean maintains some form of criminal defamation that could result in imprisonment.
Caribbean Highlights
Free Expression & the LawThe International Press Institue released a report on its June mission to Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, cautiously welcoming progress toward the repeal of criminal defamation and insult laws, but urging political leaders to remain committed to reform.
In an interview with IPI associate Scott Griffen, Wesley Gibbings, President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, explains how criminal defamation laws affect the profession of journalism in the Caribbean.
World Press Freedom Day"Though we have generally escaped the worst impacts of impunity, violence and official aggression, Caribbean social communicators and journalists have not eluded the potentially muting impacts of self-censorship, unenlightened regulation and challenging economic, social and political circumstances," said ACM.
Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM)
International Press Institute (IPI)
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