CHILE
WHEREAS
the Chilean Congress has under consideration a bill regarding freedom of opinion and information a group of senators has introduced a proposal in the legislature to make the act of defamation a criminal offense the intended provision for fines and award of damages could endanger newspaper companies' financiai stability and even their very existence
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE lAPA RESOLVES
to exhort the Chilean Senate to exclude this proposal from the bill since, as noted, it would seriously affect the freedom of expression and the press.
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