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An appellate court in the Dominican Republic has thrown out the conviction of a journalist who had been sentenced to three months in prison for defamation last September.
Dominican Republic Highlights
Free Expression & the LawThe Canadian multinational clothing manufacturer Gildan has agreed to drop criminal defamation and insult charges against two Dominican Republic investigative journalists, the International Press Institute has learned from local sources.
Two journalists are facing sentences of three months to a year in prison and fines of five to 500 times the minimum wage in a criminal defamation suit by Canadian textile multinational Gildan Activewear over reports about harm to the environment in Guerra, a municipality in Santo Domingo province.
AttacksAccording to local media, Manuel Guillermo Mejía, the director of broadcaster Peravia Noticias, reported that businesses belonging to Ramón de los Santos were blocking sidewalks in the southern city of Baní, apparently provoking an assault on the journalist.
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