"The new Penal Code of Cuba, approved this Sunday, May 15, in the National Assembly, has raised criticism from the beginning from dissidents and activists, who denounce that it will suffocate social protests and independent journalism.
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What is most worrying, the experts say, are the new criminal types for public disorder and against State security, as well as those that penalize foreign financing of NGOs or the media, and the description of the crime of espionage.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement that the modification could have 'catastrophic' effects for independent journalism in Cuba, 'a country where private news outlets are illegal and journalists do not have the possibility of obtaining local financing.'"
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