Human Rights
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez said left - wing militant Lina Ron, who has been one of his most ardent supporters, would now face the full weight of the law
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
A media committee in Venezuela's parliament is set to begin Tuesday studying a draft law that, if approved, could jail anyone publishing comments that authorities consider a threat to national interests
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
A group from a political party aligned with President Hugo Chavez Monday stormed the headquarters of Globovision, a news network that is facing a mounting offensive by the government that could shut it down
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
The Venezuelan government has seized temporary control of the processing plants of two of the country's biggest coffee companies
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
'This is part of a package of measures against freedom of expression in the best Cuban style,' Nelson Belfort, president of Caracas-based Circuito Nacional Belfort, which owns five of the closed radios and five other stations, said
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela has revoked the licences of dozens of radio stations as part of a wider crackdown which could jail people deemed guilty of 'media crimes' for up to four years
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
Dozens of Honduran journalists and human rights activists have been attacked or threatened with violence by both the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a press watchdog said
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
So far three people have been killed, around 100 have been injured, and 150 have been arrested and held for several hours or days
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
El relator de la ONU sobre libertad de expresion, Franck LaRue, rechazo hoy que no se hayan renovado las licencias a 34 emisoras en Venezuela, hecho que considero un 'mal precedente'
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
Destaco que 'mejor es que aquellos sectores que aun simpatizan con el Gobierno del Presidente, Hugo Chavez en otros paises, esten debidamente informados de lo que esta ocurriendo en Venezuela'