Freedom of the Press/History/Country sources/Belgium
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Belgium
Article 25 of the 1831 Belgium Constitution states that “The press is free; censorship can never be introduced; no security can be demanded from authors, publishers or printers. When the author is known and resident in Belgium, neither the publisher, the printer nor the distributor can be prosecuted” (Constitute Project, “Belgium's Constitution of 1831 with Amendments through 2014” ).