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Attacks on journalists are specifically intended to silence them, and so they also constitute violations of the right of a society to have free access to information.

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1.      In March 2001, Deputy Francisco Merino filed a complaint for “crimes against honor” against four journalists from the daily La Prensa Gráfica and one from the daily El Mundo.  The defendants from La Prensa Gráfica are the journalists Alfredo Hernández, Mauricio Bolaños, Gregorio Morán, and José Zometa, who had reported accusations made against Merino by Judge Ana María Guzmán Morales.  According to information received, this judge was investigating a case in which the deputy was involved and she claimed that he had threatened her.  Merino also filed suit against Camila Calles of El Mundo on the same grounds.[1]


[1] This information was provided by Reporters without Borders (RSF), an organization that defends free expression.