Yesterday, Costa Rica’s legislature voted 23-16 in favor of requesting international action on recent restrictions of press freedom in the United States, reported the local Costa Rican digital news source AmeliaRueda.com.

The motion, drafted by National Liberation Party Legislator Rolando Gonzalez, condemns recent moves by the newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump to restrict some major U.S. media access to information, press conferences, and official media activities, said the news report.

“I have filed a motion where I not only state our protest over President Donald Trump’s unheard of actions that harm press freedom in the United States. But I also propose that the government of Costa Rica invoke the international right of the Organization for American States to intervene in the case,” González said at the legislative session.

Costa Rican legislators are asking for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Michel Forst, and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Edison Lanza, to act to prevent further deterioration of press freedom in the U.S., continued the report.

Trump has openly and repeatedly confronted mainstream U.S. media, which he claims, without substantiation, are creating “fake news.”

“Actions that intimidate the media, regardless of the country where they occur, violate everyone’s right to information and the freedom of all individuals to inform themselves through the media of their choice,” said González in support of the motion.

On February 16, the Costa Rican legislature also approved a motion by Gonzálex to condemn the Venezuelan government for removing the Spanish-language news channel CNN.

González said he feels strongly that Costa Rica has a vested interest in ensuring international laws are followed, especially regarding freedom of the press.

Likewise, the legislator said that there is no way to promote freedom or democracy “by restricting access to public information.”