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Free Expression & the Law
The Surinamese Criminal Code recognises several offences under the umbrella of defamation, including spoken defamation, libel and slander. While all of these have problematic aspects, there is particular concern over the offence of insult , because it is vulnerable to abuse.
Suriname Highlights
Free Expression & the Law
Reporters Without Borders voices its support for the investigative monthly Parbode, whose publisher, Jaap Hoogendam, is being sued by former public works minister Ramon Abrahams over a report about his alleged corrupt practices before he was fired without explanation.
Free Expression & the Law
In meetings with an International Press Institute delegation, Surinamese government officials expressed support for the revision of the country's defamation laws so long as the changes were accompanied by sustainable journalist training and a reliable avenue for citizens to voice complaints against the media.
Suriname
The National Assembly of Suriname amended an existing amnesty law to give immunity to those who were on trial for the alleged abduction and murder of 15 prominent political opponents, including journalists, lawyers, and a trade union leader, in December 1982.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Association of Caribbean Media Workers
Freedom House
Reporters Without Borders
Netherlands Association of Journalists
Netherlands Association of Journalists
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