Spain: 40K sanctions within first year of ‘gag laws’
by Yolanda Quintada
Spain’s new security laws are violating journalists’ right to do their jobs, according to a new defence committee that is monitoring and contesting the legal reforms.
Protest against the 'gag laws' in Spain, Madrid, 20 December 2014. (Photo courtesy of the Platform for the Defence of Free Expression)
The Platform for the Defence of Free Expression (PDLI -“Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información”) is a new Spanish civil society group uniting journalists, lawyers, media houses, social movements and consumer advocates. It was founded in November 2014, arising out of their collective concern over…
