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Colombia's congress approves media bans
by Adriaan Alsema December 8, 2021
Colombia’s House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation that allows government officials to request the shut-down of news media that report on them.
The controversial rider was part of an “anti-corruption” bill that was sponsored by coalition party Radical Change and has yet to be approved by the Senate.
The vote triggered a storm of protest of free speech advocates who claimed that the bill sought to censor journalists who report on government corruption.
In response to the blowback, Congress amended the article, which initially allowed government official to request an arraignment judge to jail critics charged with slander or defamation.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-congress-seeks-to-shut-down-news-media/