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OP-ED: Criminal defamation laws in the Caribbean are ripe for repeal

IPI's Executive Director lays out case for abolition of criminal libel
Americas: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Declaration of Port of Spain adopted by IPI members at General Assembly

Americas: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Criminal libel laws in the Caribbean: “Ultimate consequence is silence, when expression is most needed.”

IPI interview with Wesley Gibbings, president, Association of Caribbean Media Workers
Americas: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Cayman Islands premier threatens local media with $100,000 in ‘business fees’

Failure to pay would result in fines and imprisonment, premier tells media at press conference
Americas: Cayman Islands