330 Legal Professionals including Professors and Lawyers Announced “Declaration for the Abolition of Truth Defamation”

Open Net held a press conference for “the Declaration of 330 Lawyers for the Abolition of Truth Defamation.” The lawyers condemned Article 307 ① and 309 ① of the Criminal Act and Article 70 ① of the Information and Communications Network Act as unconstitutional and demanded the politicians to enact the amendments abolishing truth defamation as soon as possible.

Please read the Korean original here.

Media coverage:

• 330 Lawyers Demand ‘Truth Defamation’ to be Abolished (ZDNet Korea, 4/5)
• Declaration: Reasons to Abolish Truth Defamation (Slow News, 4/6)
• “Suppression of #MeToo Movement” and Truth Defamation (Civic News, 4/10)
• Truth Defamation and Whistleblowers (Seoul News, 4/19)