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12. PROFESSIONAL
SECRECY OR PROTECTION OF SOURCES
Article 7 of the Press Law of 1967 states, In the exercise
of freedom of expression of thought and of information, anonymity
is not permitted. Inter alia, the confidentiality of sources
or the origin of news received or gathered by journalists, radio
reporters or commentators is guaranteed and respected.
Article 71: No journalist or radio commentator nor, in general,
any person mentioned in Article 25 shall be compelled or required
to give the name of his informant or news source, and his silence
in this regard may not make him liable directly or indirectly to
any kind of punishment.
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