Instituto Prensa y Sociedad de Venezuela

Inmates at Sabaneta jail threw stones at a Televen TV station news crew made up of journalist Jensser Morales and cameraman Walny Gonzalez.

Independent station goes off air without previous notice in Delta Amacuro On July 11, 2012 officers of the National Commission on Telecommunications of Venezuela (CONATEL in Spanish) along with military personnel closed the regional FM station “Tucupita Stereo” 95.9 FM. They said that it was allegedly operating illegally, although no previous notice was submitted. This […]

Leonardo León told IPYS-Venezuela that he believes the threats and insults came in the aftermath of his radio program where he denounced the illegal situation of university workers, as well as the coverage of University Councils.

Over 80 groups around the world call on the authorities to free human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and writers, some of whom have been detained incommunicado; and request help from UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan.

Estimada Erin. Gusto en saludarte. En adjunto, una alerta del 13 de junio. En breve te estaré enviando otras alertas más. Cualquier inquietud, no dudes en escribirme Saludos, Carla Heavy Fine Imposed on Newspaper is Ratified On June 13, 2012 the First Court on Protection to Children and Adolescents of the Legal Jurisdiction of the […]

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATES JOURNALISTS WHO ATTENDED WORKSHOP ON INVESTIGATION JOURNALISM On May 22, 2012 journalist Paola Carrero received a phone call from an unknown number. The person who called her said he was calling on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands and inquired her who had proposed investigation-related topics in the agricultural field […]

UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.

Arturo Francis, a journalist and columnist for “La Prensa de Barinas” newspaper, reported that his family was threatened with being kidnapped, after a person close to the regional government of the state of Barinas told him that the government is trying to scare him.