Our view is that defamation should never be a criminal offense. It's not a crime. If in the exercise of free speech you offend someone or defame someone . . . it's a civil matter between the journalist and the person who was allegedly defamed.

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That's a very alarming number. The situation is very comparable to Colombia in terms of self-censorship and the level of violence.