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Aurelio Henríquez / El Nuevo Diario

The Dominican Journalists’ Association (CDP) has joined the Dominican Society of Dailies (SDD) and Participacion Ciudadana, the Transparency International Dominican chapter, in denouncing the new data protection policy introduced by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ). The policy aims to shield personal information deemed unnecessary in judicial rulings.

The policy would delete the names of those sentenced from online searches, replacing these with initials to protect privacy and dignity of those that have been sentenced.

CDP president Aurelio Henríquez expressed concern that the policy undermines journalists’ ability to access and publish information vital to the public interest. “Journalists have the right to seek, verify, and disseminate information essential to ensuring that citizens are adequately informed,”...