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Press freedom and restrictions in Latvia

Recently the Latvian Minister of Justice Gaidis Berzins from Fatherland & Freedom Party proposed drafting a law that would drastically restrict media coverage of criminal cases by forbidding the publication or quoting  of case evidence and other materials in case (based on leaked documents and materials made public by the accused). Fortunately parliamentary committee of Saeima (Parliament of Latvia) has rejected those proposals.