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– Malta journalists face SLAPP threat even as criminal libel repeal proceeds (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 30, 2018

The misuse of defamation law to silence journalists remains a problem in Malta, even as the Maltese government is currently discussing a new bill to repeal the country's criminal libel law.
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