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Paraguayan legislators present bill to protect journalists

"Liberal representatives Roya Torres and Esmérita Sánchez, as well as Rocío Abed presented a bill 'To protect journalists, communicators and human rights defenders,' coinciding with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on Nov. 2.

The objective, according to the bill, is that communicators can have a legal framework and to guarantee the life, integrity and security of all those who exercise journalism, press work and the defense of human rights that are protected and recognized in the National Constitution, conventions and international agreements approved and ratified by the Republic of Paraguay."

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