"[News outlet Espacio Público says] September closed as the month with the highest number of cases of violations of freedom of expression so far in 2022. We documented 27 cases and a total of 68 violations of the right to freedom of expression and more than half were acts of censorship. The main victims of […]
"The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (Sntp), denounced this Tues. July 26 that the Bolivarian National Police had summoned a community journalist from the state of Zulia, with the purpose of forcing her to reveal the identity of one of her sources. The Bolivarian National Police, stationed in Zulia, summoned the journalist of […]
According to an investigation by the writers' association PEN, the coronavirus pandemic in particular has had a 'devastating' impact on freedom of opinion and expression in several countries. Among those most affected are authors, journalists and artists who have criticized official measures against the coronavirus. [...] The PEN Club points out that in many countries online platforms […]
"The board of the National Journalists Union (CNP, by its Spanish acronym) called its more than 25 thousand members to protest against the intentions of the Chavista-majority Parliament to reform the Law on the Practice of Journalism. Through a press release, the national board of the CNP made a statement on the proposal being carried […]
"'There is not much to celebrate, but there is much to demand,' Tinedo Guía, president of the National College of Journalists (CNP), said on June 27, Journalists' Day in Venezuela. [...] Between 2017 and 2019, according to a study by the NGO Espacio Público, 'the worsening of the social and political context impacted the media […]
"The National College of Journalists (CNP, by its Spanish acronym) Caracas branch, informed this Monday, June 6, that community journalists Ramón Centeno and Gabriel Guerra, are imprisoned in the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) in San Agustín, Caracas, after conducting an interview with some detainees for alleged links to drug trafficking. According to the CNP, both […]
“The right to freedom of the press is experiencing an extremely delicate moment in countries such as Nicaragua, Venezuela, El Salvador, Cuba or Mexico, black spots on a continent in which 24 journalists have died in the last 12 months, Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) officials said on Tuesday, April 19. In his speech at the […]
"The Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público detected 31 violations to the right to freedom of expression last February in 19 different cases, which equals more than one per day on average, according to its monthly report published on March 7. Cases of censorship were the most frequent, with 18 incidents, followed by administrative restrictions (6) and […]
"The investigation and the 'live' storytelling of the great challenges facing Ibero-America and the world such as violence, the environmental struggle, political corruption, social rights or cultural integration, are the focus of the six works awarded this Wednesday, March 3 with the International King of Spain Journalism Awards 2022. The winners, from a total of […]
"The first vice president of the PSUV, Diosdado Cabello, warned that he will now go after La Patilla, after having taken over the facilities of the El Nacional newspaper in Los Cortijos. He repeated that he would use the facilities to create a university dedicated to communication. During his program Con el mazo dando, Cabello […]