"We, the Alianza Regional por la Libre Expresión e Información, Civicus, IFEX-ALC and Voces del Sur (Southern Voices), call once again for rejection of a legislative initiative that would enable criminalisation of legitimate Venezuelan civil society activities and organisations. These organisations must be protected under the right to freedom of association, which represents a key […]
"Venezuelan journalist and executive director of the Press and Society Institute of Venezuela (Ipys-Venezuela), Marianela Balbi, is one of the 12 people in the world to receive the 2023 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law. The governments of Germany and France announced the list of those who will receive this award, […]
"While covering the consultative referendum [in Venezuela], journalist Eduardo Viloria, of Diario de los Andes, was detained by members of the military of the Plan Republica [military deployment carried out during all electoral processes in Venezuela], who prevented him from doing his job. He was taken to the command of the National Bolivarian Police (PNB, […]
"Digital news outlet El Carabobeño denounced on Friday, Nov. 24, that its webpage had been blocked by different national internet operators in Venezuela for at least three weeks. [...] Readers from different areas of the country reported that sometimes they can access El Carabobeño, but some other times they can't, while others only manage to […]
"The governor of Trujillo [Venezuela], Gerardo Márquez, threatened a journalist on Monday, Nov. 6, as reported by the National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP, by its Spanish acronym). They shared on their social media an audio recording of a phone interview conducted by journalist and director of the Palpitar Trujillano news outlet, Andrés […]
"The Press and Society Institute (IPYS, by its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela denounced the intimidation of journalists covering the country's opposition primary elections, held on Sunday, Oct. 22. The organization said on its X account (formerly Twitter) that journalist Karla Avila of the news outlet Qué Pasa en Venezuela, in Bolívar state, was photographed by […]
"Political prisoner, journalist and Voluntad Popular activist, Roland Carreño, was released almost at midnight on Oct. 19, along with former congressman Juan Requesens and three other people detained for political reasons. [...] On Wednesday [Oct. 18] the United States lifted sanctions against Venezuelan oil, gas and gold, a temporary measure decided by the Treasury Department […]
The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, by its Spanish acronym), an initiative of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), has launched the IMDI Hyperlocal Program, an initiative specially designed to encourage hyperlocal media in Venezuela. The program, estimated to last 10 weeks, will offer specialized mentoring and strategic training. […]
"The National Association of Press Workers (SNTP, for its acronym in Spanish), reported this Thursday [Sept. 21] that Venezuelan journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta, detained on Sept. 8 in the Yapacana national park, located in the state of Amazonas, was granted conditional release by decision of a court in that border region with Colombia and Brazil. […]
"The National Union of Press Workers reported on Tuesday night, Sept. 12, that journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta was charged with three crimes during his presentation hearing, after being arrested on Sept. 8 in a mine in the Yapacana national park, in Amazonas state. In a publication, the Union informed that the Public Prosecutor's Office, through […]
"The trial against journalist Roland Carreño, who is also a collaborator of the Voluntad Popular (VP) party founded by Leopoldo López, will start again on Sept. 28. The journalist's defense lawyer, Joel García, shared the information on social media. He said the opening of this new new trial takes place a month and a half […]
Venezuelan journalist Seir Contreras was fired from the Globovisión channel after interviewing the deputy of the United Social Party of Venezuela, Ramón Magallanes. According to the Venezuelan National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, by its Spanish acronym), Contreras, who was the host of the show Primera Página, learned of his dismissal through a telephone call […]