News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Mexico Decriminalizes Libel, Defamation

Apr 12, 9:16 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon signed a law Thursday eliminating prison sentences for libel or defamation, drawing praise from media watchdog group.

Press organizations have said that jail terms for those offenses allowed public figures to retaliate against reporters by threatening lock them up. Both offenses will now be punishable by fines, and violators can face civil suits.

"We are taking a historic step in the struggle to consolidate and strengthen the work of the news media," Calderon said at the bill's signing. "Thanks to this reform, journalists can do their job without fear of being jailed on complaints filed by those who feel they have been affected by their reporting."

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