]> 2026-05-04T12:51:19+00:00 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Dominican Republic 0 en Article 18 of the 1821 Constitutive Act of the Provisional Government of the Independent State of the Spanish Part of Hayti stated: "The liberty of the Press shall subsist in its present state, subject to the formalities and punishments prescribed by the existing Laws, until others of a more suitable nature are promulgated." According to Article 23 of the Dominican Republic’s [[Probable year:: 1844]] Constitution: “All Dominicans can freely print and publish their ideas, without prior censorship, subject to the law. The classification of printing crimes corresponds exclusively to the juries” [Translated from Spanish] Today, Article 49 of the Dominican Republic’s Constitution protects press freedom: “All persons have the right to freely express their thoughts, ideas, and opinions by any medium, without having allowed for prior censorship… All information media have free access to the official and private sources of information of public interest, in accordance with the law. The professional secret and the conscience clause of the journalist are protected by the Constitution and the law” (Constitute Project, “Dominican Republic's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 2015]]” ). References: 1821 Constitutive Act of the Provisional Government of the Independent State of the Spanish Part of Hayti: English translation of the Constitution of 1821 557 (2010) Constitutive Act of the Provisional Government of the Independent State of the Spanish Part of Hayti https://heinonline-org.mutex.gmu.edu/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzdo0002&id=8&men_tab=srchresults 1844 Constitution of the Dominican Republic: Spanish orignal text of the Constitution of 1844 [3] (2012) Chapter II: Public Right of Dominicans https://heinonline-org.mutex.gmu.edu/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzdo0014&id=3&men_tab=srchresults 2015 Constitution of the Dominican Republic: https://heinonline-org.mutex.gmu.edu/HOL/Page collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzdo0014&id=3&men_tab=srchresults https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Dominican_Republic_2015 1844 2015 2394566.5 2457023.5 What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2024-07-08T02:52:07Z 2460499.6195255 Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Dominican Republic Page name 102 en Page name