25 Mar 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Oswaldo Álvarez Paz, former presidential candidate and leader of the Christian Socialist Copei party, was detained by police on 22 March and has been charged with conspiracy, spreading false information and publicly inciting violation. The arrest came two weeks after the politician appeared on Globovision. Álvarez Paz said at that time that Venezuela had links to illegal armed groups and had become a base for drug trafficking. ”Someone cannot stand up to defame, to lie, to manipulate in the media here and not have anything happen,” Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said.
3 Mar 2010 | Uncategorized
Hugo Chavez’s administration has once again come under fire for its record on freedom of expression and its treatment of journalists. But as the government refuses to acknowledge its shortcomings, is it also reneging on its commitment to international treaties on human rights, asks Daniel Duquenal
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26 Jan 2010 | Comment, News and features
Free media in Venezuela has suffered another blow, with RCTV removed from cable platforms. Daniel Duquenal reports
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25 Jan 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Venezuela’s media regulator has ordered that RCTV be removed from transmission by cable providers. RCTV’s terrestrial licence was revoked in 2007, in an act seen by many as revenge for the station’s support for a coup against President Hugo Chavez in 2002.
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Read Daniel Duquenal’s report “Chavez’s war on independent media“
