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Relator de la CIDH denuncia señalamientos contra periodistas en Venezuela

See Post — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:29:31 +0000

En Venezuela se ha observado un «incremento significativo» de señalamientos, etiquetas y discursos estigmatizantes contra periodistas, a quienes se les califica como «enemigos internos», señaló este martes el relator especial para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), Pedro Vaca. «Incluso hay pronunciamientos en los que (…) se les etiqueta a los periodistas como enemigos del Estado o enemigos internos», dijo el representante de la CIDH en un foro sobre la libertad de expresión en el país. Texto Completo -> EfectoCocuyo

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Venezuelan journalist completes 12 months in arbitrary detention

See Post — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:27:03 +0000

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for the immediate release of Roland Carreño, a Venezuelan newspaper and TV journalist who today completes a year in detention in Caracas on totally absurd, trumped-up charges.Full Text -> ReportersWithoutBorders

Traducción de cortesía -> Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) reitera su llamado a la liberación inmediata de Roland Carreño, periodista venezolano que hoy cumple un año detenido en Caracas por cargos totalmente absurdos y falsos.

Venezuelan National Union of Journalists office destroyed in arson attack

See Post — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:49:00 +0000

The fire brigade’s report said the fire was manmade, and identified a hole in the building’s ceiling that was likely used by the arsonists to enter the headquarters. Though no one was harmed in the attack, the headquarters were completely destroyed, Salazar told CPJ. Full Text-> CPJ

Venezuelan journalists charged under anti-hate law, held on house arrest

See Post — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:54:27 +0000

“María Luisa Arriaga and Marco Aurelio Antoima are just the latest journalists facing jail time under Venezuela’s vague and draconian anti-hate law,” said CPJ Central and South America Program Coordinator Natalie Southwick, in New York. “Both journalists should be released immediately, the charges against them dropped, and Venezuela should revise that law to ensure that it is not arbitrarily used to silence the press.” Full Text _> CPJ

As coronavirus hits Venezuela, Maduro further quashes dissent

See Post — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:11:57 +0000

President Nicolas Maduro’s health ministry on its website had listed Delta Amacuro’s Luis Razetti Hospital as one of 46 medical centers “prepared” to receive COVID-19 patients. Avila enumerated various reasons, all confirmed by Reuters in interviews with physicians at the hospital, why the claim was false: The facility has no blood pressure monitors, syringes, or reagents to diagnose coronavirus infections. By Angus Berwick, Sarah Kinosian and Maria Ramirez. Full text-> Sheboygan’s News Radio

Venezuelan reporters reinvent themselves abroad with print and online journalistic ventures

See Post — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:30:57 +0000

Even with scarce funds, more and more migrant Víctor Higuera of El Vinotinto (Courtesy)of all generations are undertaking journalistic initiatives, pioneers on the Internet and in social networks, even in print, to continue professionally and offer a space for Venezuelans abroad to meet. By Silvina Acosta. Full text -> Journalism in the Americas