Peruvian judge orders assets freeze for Ojo Público, 2 journalists in defamation case
Bogotá, Colombia, April 29, 2019-- A Peruvian court has ordered assets belonging to the independent news website Ojo Público, its executive director Óscar Castilla, and La República investigative reporter Edmundo Cruz, to be frozen while a criminal defamation complaint against them is heard, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Peruvian authorities to refrain from enforcing the court order and to repeal the country's outdated criminal defamation laws.