Journalist sentenced to prison for alleged defamation

Posted on December 8, 2011 • Filed under: Crime, Human Rights Latin America, Peru, Social Issues

Said he never received a request for correction in his column. Luis Torres Montero considered ‘too totally “the sentence against him for writing a column against the former Minister of Defense, Rafael Rey. Journalist Luis Torres Montero said he would appeal the ruling of the 26th Criminal Court that sentenced him to two years in prison and a repair of 150 000 new soles, for alleged defamation against the former Minister of Defense, Rafael Rey, a result of contents of a column in a local newspaper.”I have been sentenced to two years in prison custodial, and no one will be able to speak because tomorrow may be prosecuted,” he said Read Article

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