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  • 14/04/2005

Chile should reform its criminal and military justice codes to eliminate provisions that criminalise speech disrespectful of public authorities, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the chair of the country's senate committee set up to reconsider the issue this month. After a two-and-a-half year debate in the legislature, a government bill to eliminate the crime of "disrespect' entirely is now entering the final stage of discussion.

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