Our View: Proposed amendment threatens free speech

A group of deputies, led by the president of the House legal affairs committee, Nicos Tornaritis of Disy, have decided that making threats, propagating fake news, the writing of offensive comments and the posting of obscene photographs online should constitute criminal offences. They want to amend the law, under which they are classed as civil offences and Tornaritis said his amendment proposal would be discussed after the summer recess.

These offences were classed as criminal, until the law was amended some 10 years ago...