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Alerts - Venezuela

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Venezuela

Journalist receives kidnapping threats, allegedly from local government

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.

Venezuela

Court rules against regional newspaper

The case is linked to the publishing of photographs deemed detrimental to the rights of children and adolescents.

Venezuela

Column writer denounces smear campaign against him

Omar Arévalo believes these accusations come in the wake of a series of reports he has made in his column.

Venezuela

October election already fuelling threats and violence against media

With seven months to go to an October presidential election in which incumbent Hugo Chávez will face a challenge from opposition leader Henrique Capriles, the media are already experiencing a level of tension and confrontation that is well beyond what is normal in a pluralistic democratic debate.

Venezuela

Regional television station journalist threatened with kidnapping

Sara Vargas, a journalist for a station that is critical of the Chávez government, received threats via telephone calls and a note delivered by an unidentified individual.

Venezuela

Armed group accuses Globovisión of hiring paramilitaries to create mayhem

Colectivo La Piedrita said that members of their group had been killed by "paramilitary men paid by the TV channel, to create turmoil and mayhem".

Venezuela

Journalist reports plan to discredit him

Nelson Bocaranda said there seemed to be a plan to kidnap him and then make him appear drugged in a photomontage which would be publicised by the State-owned media.

Venezuela

IAPA condemns ratification of multi-million-dollar fine against Globovisión

The channel’s lawyer anticipated that there were actions remaining to be resolved in the First Court of Administrative Litigation, such as another appeal, meaning that the fine was not yet enforceable.

Venezuela

Radio announcer reports being threatened by regional government personnel

Adolfo Superlano, the host of a radio programme that denounces corruption, has requested protective measures, saying he feels he may be attacked by Barinas government personnel.

Venezuela

Globovisión journalists attacked while covering rally

The station reported that assailants, who wore the red shirts associated with supporters of President Hugo Chávez, threatened the journalists and stole their equipment.

Venezuela

Court access denied to Globovisión reporters

Security employees of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela denied access to a small Globovisión team made up of journalist Carlos Alberto Figueroa, cameraman Ademar Dona and assistant Oscar Graterol.

Venezuela

Sports journalist gets death threat in Barinas

The threats seem to be connected to a statement Walter Obergón made regarding the poor conditions of the stadium where the Copa Libertadores match between Zamora Football Club and Argentina's Boca-Juniors was to be played.

Venezuela

Journalists detained by members of militia

Journalist Abrahán Carvajal informed IPYS-Venezuela that members of the militia entered the room where they were interviewing a patient, and ordered them to leave and head to the Security Office.

Venezuela

TV programme goes off air after disagreements with station

Gustavo Azócar believes that the expiration of the station's broadcast license two years ago - and CONATEL's refusal to renew it - might have played a role in the decision.

Venezuela

Journalists attacked by men at funeral

Six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl.

Venezuela

Journalists' Twitter accounts hacked after posting controversial photos

Alberto Rodríguez and Orian Brito posted images of armed children on their Twitter accounts and have, in the past, been critical of President Chávez.

Venezuela

Journalist briefly detained after covering oil spill

Giselle Almarza and cameraman Dali Gomez had travelled to La Rica in Monagas state, in response to a complaint by local farmers who claimed to have lost part of their harvest because of an oil spill.

Venezuela

Globovisión news crew denied entry to swearing-in of defense minister

According to the Globovisión journalist, only state-owned, and therefore pro-Chávez media, were permitted to attend the ceremony.

Venezuela

Journalist threatened via Twitter

The hacker group "N33" claimed they would attack Luis Carlos Díaz because of his statements about cyber attacks.

Venezuela

Radio stations closed, equipment seized

The CONATEL has seized equipment from three radio stations in the state of Nueva Esparta, alleging that they were "operating clandestinely" without the proper permits.

Venezuela

Court rejects Globovisión journalists' intervention against US$2.1 million fine

The TV station's legal department says the fine is a breach of its right to freedom of speech.

Venezuela

Police attack mayoral candidate's press team in Caracas

Police hit photographer Jesús Urea, shocked him with taser guns and confiscated his camera and memory card.

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.

Venezuela

Authorities drag heels in investigation of two burglaries at offices of free speech NGO

During the second robbery, video recordings that were evidence of the first burglary at Espacio Público were stolen, along with computer equipment.

Venezuela

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.

Venezuela

Court urged to acquit editor following his conditional release

Leocenis García had been held for nearly three months for publishing a photo montage that poked fun at six female government officials.

Venezuela

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.

Ecuador / Venezuela

New laws could undermine free speech, warns IAPA

IAPA expresses concern over a Communication Law being debated in Ecuador's National Assembly and a proposed law which would regulate how community media operate in Venezuela.

Venezuela

RSF calls for release of editor, now on hunger strike; five radio stations suspended

CONATEL ordered the stations' closure and had their broadcast equipment seized for alleged "clandestine and illegal use of the radio waves."

Venezuela

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.

Venezuela

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.

Venezuela

Hackers use Twitter to intimidate reporters

Journalist Berenice Gómez noted that the hackers now "know who gives me information. They could take advantage of that and intimidate, prosecute or even kill my sources."

Venezuela

Editor detained pending trial

Leocenis García has been accused of defamation and "incitement to hatred".

Venezuela

News agency director assaulted, camera operator's equipment destroyed

Wilmer Solano and William Vegas were assaulted while they were covering an event in which the leader of the Primero Justicia political party was speaking.

Venezuela

Weekly allowed to reopen, executives still charged

The weekly "6to Poder" has been prohibited from referring to the case against it in print and from publishing anything deemed offensive to women or public officials.

Venezuela

Human Rights Watch calls on government to protect human rights defender

Humberto Prado, director of the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons NGO, has been repeatedly threatened and publicly discredited.

Venezuela

IAPA protests ban on weekly, calls for editor's release

Publication of "Sexto Poder" was banned after the magazine published photos depicting government officials as cabaret dancers.

Venezuela

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.

Venezuela

Radio journalist kidnapped briefly, robbed

According to reporter Carlos Sánchez, his assailants told him repeatedly that the radio station for which he works should "stop broadcasting certain information".

Venezuela

Journalist's programme cancelled because of political pressure; reporter faces defamation complaint

Henry Viola was the host of "Magazine Informativo", which was cancelled only 15 days after it premiered.

Venezuela

State-owned television station attacked

Vive TV-Occidente has broadcast reports about the exploitation of subsistence farmers and indigenous peoples that may have displeased organised crime groups.

Venezuela

Opposition leader convicted for criticising government

The conviction of Oswaldo Álvarez Paz for disseminating "false information" is a move against free speech in Venezuela, says Human Rights Watch.

Venezuela

Photojournalist assaulted, briefly detained

José Altuve was assaulted by police while taking photographs of a student rally in Venezuela's capital.

Venezuela

Globovisión faces new accusation over coverage of a prison riot

The TV station is accused of having broadcast images that "incite hatred" during its coverage of a riot in El Rodeo prison.

Venezuela

Armed men chase photographer, attempt to seize his camera

A group of armed men on motorbikes pursued César Pérez and attempted to seize his camera when he was covering the alleged kidnapping of a regional government representative.

Venezuela

Regional newspaper journalists threatened and assaulted

Journalists from the "Correo del Caroní" newspaper have been subjected to insults, attacks and threats while covering violent incidents at a state-owned company's facilities.

Venezuela

Armed youngsters attack and threaten journalists

Naiyelis Garcés and Jesús Bastidas, of the newspaper "De Frente", were attacked by about 50 young people who burst into a public university in the state of Barinas in western Venezuela.

Venezuela

Television station taken off the air, radio programme cancelled allegedly on mayor's orders

According to personnel affected by the actions, Pedraza TV and the "Contrapunto" radio programme were taken off the air due to pressure exerted by the mayor of Pedraza.

Venezuela

Authorities attempt to seize warehouse owned by newspaper critical of the government

The officials tried to impound a warehouse which houses a printing press owned by the newspaper "El Nuevo País".

Honduras / Venezuela

IAPA angered by journalists' murders, calls for prompt investigations

In Honduras, Luis Mendoza, owner of Canal 24 and a coffee grower, was killed by unidentified masked assailants who intercepted him near the television station.

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