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Venezuela
Campaigns and Advocacy
13 December 2011
Media Social Responsibility Law violates freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19
On the one-year anniversary of the amendments to the law, ARTICLE 19's analysis concludes that the law places illegitimate restrictions on freedom of expression and information.
12 October 2011
Venezuela rejects UN Human Rights Council freedom of expression recommendations
The final report presented at the conclusion of the Venezuela UPR process contained 148 recommendations, of which 95 were accepted, 15 deferred to the next stage and 38 rejected.See all campaign news: Venezuela
From the Communiqué
12 October 2011
Government rejects UPR recommendations on free expression
On 11 October, the Venezuelan government rejected all requests to improve aspects of freedom of expression recommended by IFEX members and included in the final report of the United Nations Human Rights Council during the 12th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva.
5 October 2011
Follow @IFEXALC at the UN's Universal Periodic Review of Venezuela
IFEX's contingent of 17 Latin American and Caribbean (ALC) freedom of expression organisations is calling on supporters to tune in to their coverage of the United Nation Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela by reading IFEX-ALC's live blog and following @IFEXALC on Twitter and encouraging others to do the same.
25 May 2011
Two journalists killed in one week
Last week, a Guatemalan television journalist who had been repeatedly threatened for his reporting was found dead and a Venezuelan political journalist was gunned down, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).See all articles: Venezuela
Reports
24 September 2009
Conclusions of emergency forum on freedom of expression held by IAPA in Venezuela
The forum discussed the future of press freedom in Venezuela and served to review the major problems elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.
12 March 2009
Attacks on the Press in 2008: Venezuela 
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