Colombia govt threatens to imprison citizens who publish photos or videos of attacks
Colombia govt threatens to imprison citizens who publish photos or videos of attacks
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Jul 6, 2015
The Colombian government has come under fierce criticism after threatening to imprison citizens who publish audio, photos or video of terrorist attacks instead of surrendering this material to authorities.
President Juan Manuel Santos and Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre on Friday announced that no audio or video material related to possible terrorist attacks may be published on social media, but must be surrendered to authorities.
They did so after a special security council in Bogota where on Thursday two bombs went off. As per usual, photos and videos of these attacks and their aftermath were published on social media like Facebook and Twitter.
However, according to Santos and Montealegre this is now illegal.
If people do publish this material online instead of delivering them to authorities, they would be “obstructing justice” and “incurring in crimes, in punishable offenses that could result in prison sentences,” said Montealegre.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-govt-threatens-to-imprison-citizens-who-publish-photos-or-videos-of-rebel-attacks/
