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Digital RightsAfter years of being one of the most progressive regions in the world in terms of balanced copyright policy, Latin America is unfortunately sliding into copyright maximalism, enacting increasingly restrictive copyright enforcement measures into their federal laws.
Panama Highlights
Free Expression & the LawThe First Court of Justice ratified a 2009 sentence imposed by a lower court on the news company Editora Panamá América and reporters Jean Marcel Chéry and Gustavo Aparicio in a civil lawsuit claiming “damage to reputation” filed by Winston Spadafora, who was also a Supreme Court justice.
AttacksDarío Fernández Jaén, a former governor of the province of Coclé, had reported on alleged land title irregularities via a programme on his radio station, Radio Mi Favorita.
After reporting on WikiLeaks revelations - embarrassing Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's government - local journalists have been the target of a campaign to sully their reputations in videos posted anonymously on YouTube and through television ads, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Committee to Protect Journalists
Inter American Press Association
Inter American Press Association
Inter American Press Association (IAPA)
Inter American Press Association (IAPA)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Inter American Press Association (IAPA)
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
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