21 July 2009

Alert

Journalist Milton Chacaguasay Flores re-arrested


Incident details

Imprisonment

Milton Chacaguasay Flores, Editor

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(RSF/IFEX) - Having just recently been released from jail after serving time on an "insult" charge, Milton Chacaguasay Flores, the editor of the "La Verdad" magazine, was once again imprisoned on 9 July 2009 following a new verdict for the same offence. RSF considers this newest action again Chacaguasay Flores to constitute judicial persecution, especially since, according to the editor's lawyers, the sentencing took place without giving him the opportunity to defend himself. This time, Chacaguasay Flores was sentenced to one month in prison. However, without waiting for an examination of his appeal of the ruling, which would have suspended the application of the sentence, the judges ratified the verdict and increased the sentence to four months in prison.

Source

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
 

From other IFEX members

Editor Milton Chacaguasay jailed again (WiPC)

More on this case

Editor Milton Chacaguasay released 13 July 2009 RSF calls for release of newspaper editor imprisoned for "insulting" judge 21 April 2009 Editor of weekly newspaper sentenced to 10 months in prison for libel 12 December 2008

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