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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Support freedom of the Press
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Noting that the malpractice of the Press was already against the law, the government should support freedom of the press by rejecting calls for newspapers to be subject to further statutory regulation, which would criminalise almost all responsible investigative journalism.
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