Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad de Venezuela
Journalist’s Twitter account hacked after reporting on military
Sebastiana Barráez said that she believed the aggression was a response to investigations she published about the alleged murders of peasants of the Alto Apure region committed by a group of members of the military.
Construction Workers’ Union issues threats, encourages censorship in state of Barinas
Union leaders threatened radio presenter José Luis Machín Machín in an attempt to get him to stop interviewing people who are critical of their members.
Freedom of expression NGO robbed
On 17 November, office supplies and electronic equipment, including eight desktop and two laptop computers, were stolen from the offices of the NGO Espacio Público.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on authorities to disclose whereabouts of journalist Dawit Isaak
After hearing rumours of the death of Dawit Isaak, an Swedish-Eritrean journalist held without charge for ten years, 31 members of IFEX are asking President Isaias Afewerki to confirm that he is still alive and if so, to release him from prison.
TV journalists attacked in front of National Guard officers
Globovisión reporter Daniel Guillermo Colina, a camera operator and an assistant were covering a protest in Caracas when several people pushed and kicked them.
US$2 million dollar fine could bankrupt Globovisión
The National Telecommunications Commission announced that it will fine Globovisión for its coverage of riots that took place in the El Rodeo prison in July.
Editor detained pending trial
Leocenis García has been accused of defamation and “incitement to hatred”.
Newspaper reporter beaten, briefly detained
Óscar Tarazona was assaulted after he identified himself as a journalist and questioned a group of police officers about what they were doing.