Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad de Venezuela
Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan
195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.
Regional TV host assaulted by municipal politician in Venezuela
Luis Martínez, a columnist and TV host, was physically assaulted by Luis Parra, a former municipal candidate for the Venezuelan political party Primero Justicia. The TV program, of political content, maintains balanced information by inviting two opposition candidates and two official party candidates to each discussion.
Coverage of municipal elections in Venezuela hampered by government officials
The Instituto Prensa y Sociedad de Venezuela (IPYS-Venezuela) recorded various incidents involving journalists reporting on the municipal elections that took place in Venezuela on December 8, 2013.
Journalist berated on Twitter after tweeting about elections in Venezuela
On December 8, 2013, journalist Lisseth Boon, who works for Últimas Noticias, was subjected to intimidation and was berated by Twitter user Julio Soto (@juliocesarsotoa), after she tweeted a photograph taken from command headquarters of the ruling party Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela.
In an attack on free expression, libel may be recriminalised in Romania
IFEX members are calling on the president of Romania to veto proposed changes to the penal code passed by Parliament that would recriminalise insult and libel.
Venezuelan president calls for boycott against national media
Nicolás Maduro, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has requested a boycott against newspapers El Nacional, El Universal, Últimas Noticias, regional newspaper El Tiempo, for their reporting on the results of recent municipal elections.
Venezuelan newspaper’s director fired for refusing to change editorial line
The directors of Cadena Capriles, a corporate group of social communication media, fired Omar Lugo, director of El Mundo, Economía y Negocios (EMEN), a paper printed by the conglomerate. According to Capriles, the decision was made after he refused to change the newspaper’s editorial line.