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Salvadoran court orders Revista Factum to take down reporting on murder case

  • Source: CPJ
  • June 18, 2021

"On June 14, the First Peace Court in the city of Santa Ana ordered Revista Factum to take down an article on an ongoing investigation into a mass grave in the western city of Chalchuapa, according to the court order and an announcement on Twitter by the attorney general’s office.

In the order, prosecutors accused the website of committing multiple violations of the Salvadoran Constitution and criminal code, including violating due process in the ongoing criminal trial related to the grave and the right to privacy of the crime’s 'indirect victims.' The court order did not cite the specific laws under which Revista Factum or its staff could be prosecuted."

 

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