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Editor of Amazonian weekly gets one-year sentence for defamation Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR716.htm Publisher:  Reporters without Borders Date Written:  13/01/10 Year Published:  2010   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter Reporters Without Borders condemns the one-year jail sentence that a court in Bagua, in the northeastern Amazonian province of Utcumbamba in Peru, passed yesterday on Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco, the editor of the regional weekly Nor Oriente. Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders condemns the one-year jail sentence that a court in Bagua, in the northeastern Amazonian province of Utcumbamba, passed yesterday on Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco, the editor of the regional weekly Nor Oriente, on a change of “aggravated defamation” in a case dating back to 2005. Carrascal fainted when the court issued its verdict and was rushed to hospital. The sentencing took place in his absence. He is now in Bagua’s San Humberto prison. “This is the second case... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR716.htm Topics Defamation Freedom of the Press Peru Press Freedom

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