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3 November 2011

Alerts - Costa Rica

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16 February 2010

Costa Rica

Court eliminates prison terms for defamation, but criminal convictions still possible

CPJ calls on the legislature to remove criminal defamation provisions from its penal code after a Supreme Court decision eliminated prison terms from the Printing Press Law.

31 December 2007

Costa Rica

Two convicted in murder of journalist Parmenio Medina

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 20 December 2007 CPJ press release:

21 July 2006

Costa Rica

COSTA RICA: Justice minister tells CPJ that government opposes press restrictions

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 20 July 2006 CPJ press release:

12 June 2006

Costa Rica

Congress considering a bill that would further restrict press freedom

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 8 June 2006 CPJ letter to President Arias:

10 May 2006

Costa Rica

Supreme Court upholds prison terms for defamation and insult

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about a Costa Rican Supreme Court decision on 3 May 2006 rejecting a newspaper lawyer's petition for article 7 of the Press Law to be struck down as unconstitutional. The article provides for prison sentences for those who use the media to "defame" or "insult".

27 February 2006

Costa Rica

Security guard fires upon journalist

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged at the 20 February 2006 shooting attack on José Alberto Gatgens, correspondent with the newspaper "La Nación". The journalist was fired upon as he left a shopping mall in Guápiles, northeast of the capital, San José. RSF is shocked that the assailant is being charged only with a firearms infraction.

2 June 2005

Costa Rica

Allegations of corruption in granting of radio frequencies

(AMARC/IFEX) - On 25 May 2005, the Public Prosecutor's Office searched the premises of the Public Safety and Governance Ministry's national radio broadcasting regulatory office (Oficina de Control Nacional de Radio), the home of the office's director, the national organisation representing private radio and television business owners (Cámara Nacional de Radio), and four security services companies.

29 March 2005

Costa Rica

"La Nación" newspaper the target of two shooting incidents in less than a month

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 28 March 2005 CPJ press release:

6 August 2004

Costa Rica

Inter-American Court of Human Rights overturns defamation sentence against Costa Rican journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 4 August 2004 CPJ press release:

29 April 2004

Costa Rica

WPFC submits amicus curiae brief on behalf of journalist fighting criminal defamation sentence

(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a 27 April 2004 WPFC press release:

2 April 2004

Costa Rica

IAPA calls for more action on crimes against journalists

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 31 March 2004 IAPA press release:

1 April 2004

Costa Rica

Criminal defamation laws must be scrapped, ARTICLE 19 says

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 30 March 2004 ARTICLE 19 press release:

11 March 2004

Paraguay / Costa Rica

PERIODISTAS files amicus curiae briefs in defamation cases

(PERIODISTAS/IFEX) - On 27 February and 1 March 2004, PERIODISTAS submitted two amicus curiae briefs to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

20 February 2004

Costa Rica

CPJ submits brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights on criminal defamation case

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 19 February 2004 CPJ press release:

29 December 2003

Costa Rica

Journalist murdered

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 26 December 2003 IAPA press release:

10 July 2003

Costa Rica

RSF calls for results in investigation on second anniversary of radio journalist Parmenio Medina's death

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has called on Costa Rican authorities to accelerate their investigation of the murder of radio journalist Parmenio Medina on 7 July 2001.

27 February 2003