The constitution protects media freedom, but criminal libel laws deter total freedom of expression.

BBC: Mozambique profile

He said that when he comes back he plans to ask the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute Foreign Secretary Robin Cook for criminal libel.

BBC: David Shayler

Correa has eroded the influence of opposition parties, the Roman Catholic Church and the news media and used criminal libel law to try to silence opposition journalists.

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When Mori sued the magazine for libel, the police refused to give the court access to his criminal files.

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