gag law

Puerto Rico had a gag law from 1948 to 1957, and this law was in effect at the time of the revolt.

The scandal sheet published countless exposes until it was shut down in 1927 by the Gag Law.

In fact, immediately after the approval of the Hungarian media law, a campaign was waged by the left, which used the phrase 'gagging law'.

In a similar manner, a 'gag law' is intended to limit freedom of the press, by instituting censorship or restricting access to information.

"the gag law") to arrest thousands of Puerto Ricans without due process, including pro-independence supporters who were not involved in the uprisings.

Passage of Law 53 (the Gag Law)

Italian media protest at 'gagging law'

Italian media protests over Silvio Berlusconi 'gagging law'

In 1948 it passed Law 53, known as the "Gag Law", which was intended to suppress the Nationalist Party and other opposition.

One of these laws, called "ley de la mordaza" or gag law, created repression and terror, effectively destroying Puerto Rico's independence movement.

In 2005, many of the 'gag laws' enacted under military rule in the 1960s were repealed by new president Martin Torrijos.

Puerto Rico's Gag Law (Law 53)

Paoli was arrested and accused of violating the Ley de la Mordaza (Gag Law).

Information about the STV gag law is available at BC elections- Tel: 1 800 661 8683.

In 1927, the gag law was used to shut down the Saturday Press, an anti-Semitic, anti-gangster scandal sheet in Minneapolis.

Puerto Rico's Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza)

The government then filed criminal defamation charges against Gorriti under the ley morzada ("gag law"), carrying a maximum sentence of six years' imprisonment.

Gag laws, restriction of services and refusal to pay for pre-existing conditions leave me with little hope that the managed care and insurance businesses have any interest beyond making money.

The bill, also known as the Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza in Spanish) was approved by the legislature on May 21, 1948.

By insulating their cabin walls with William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, they are even resisting gag laws imposed by the proslavery faction.

Francisco Matos Paoli, a poet and member of the Nationalist Party, was arrested and imprisoned under the Gag Law.

Sen. Freyling Stevens, a powerful lawyer, introduced the senate version of what would become known as the "Minnesota gag law," for which he is credited with authorship.

Players are also not allowed to make critical remarks about the government to the foreign press, an act prohibited by a law known as "ley mordaza," or the "gag law."

It should be noted that the "Gag Law" was unique in the United States at that time, and even in Minnesota had only been used on two occasions.

He used the hábeas corpus action, in order to expedite the release of Puerto Rican political prisoners, and to question the constitutionality of the Gag Law.