“The Process Is the Punishment”: Criminal Defamation SLAPPs in Peru

In collaboration with the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, the TrialWatch initiative of the Clooney Foundation for Justice published a report on the increasing use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to silence journalists in Peru. Based on 56 criminal defamation cases – 42 of which concerned public interest – filed in 2007-2022 by, in the majority, public figures (93%), as well as the accounts of journalists told through interviews and a survey, the report documents a systematic abuse of press freedom in violation of Peru’s regional and international obligations. You can read it in Spanish.