CPJ joins more than 270 organizations, journalists in call against enacted Peruvian law  - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ joins more than 270 organizations, journalists in call against enacted Peruvian law  - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined Peru’s independent media in a joint statement condemning a law enacted by President Dina Boluarte on April 14 that could negatively impact nonprofit media organizations and journalism operations funded by international cooperation. The law requires such outlets to register their journalistic plans, projects and programs in a state-run registry, a violation of the right to professional secrecy, and puts…

Application was filed in January of this year. Podemos Peru’s bench insisted on the Spokesman’s Board to prioritize the debate.

The request to grant powers to the Monitoring Commission, chaired by Juan Burgos (Podemos Perú), to investigate President Dina Boluarte for alleged abandonment of office is on the priority agenda of the plenary of the Congress of the Republic.