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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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