Trinidad and Tobago, opposition condemns govt. attempt to coerce freedom of expression

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In Trinidad and Tobago, several sectors labelled the government's proposal to introduce laws targeting social media bloggers, deemed to be threats to national security, as unacceptable, undemocratic and hostile to the principle of freedom of expression. teleSUR

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00:00In Trinidad and Tobago, several sectors label the government's proposal to introduce laws

00:05targeting social media bloggers deemed to be threats to national security as unacceptable,

00:10undemocratic, and hostile to the principle of freedom of expression.

00:15In a statement signed by opposition leader Penelope Beckles, the People's National Movement

00:21strongly condemned this attempt to weaponize state power against private citizens exercising

00:25their constitutional rights, adding that any government that fears criticism has abandoned

00:30its commitment to democratic values.

00:33Meanwhile, former National Security Minister Stuart Young said he was alarmed by the positions

00:38being articulated by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, saying that the nation is

00:42experiencing a life and developing threat to democracy.

00:46For his part, Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdullah also expressed that the statements

00:51made by the Homeland Security Minister are totally unacceptable.

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