Constitutional Court revokes article ordered jail for defamation of politicians
The Constitutional Court (TC) declared that Art. 284-18 of Electoral Regime Law 15-19 violates the Constitution. The article had established a penalty of three to ten years in jail for defamation crimes against politicians.
The Constitutional Court ruled: “The imposition of custodial sentences for sharing propaganda affecting a candidate denaturalizes the exercise of free access to information and unreasonably and disproportionately limits the freedom of expression and dissemination of thought.”
Source: DR1, Listindiario
Aug 3, 2019
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