Committee to Protect Journalists - Venezuela tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2011-10-19T20:00:28Z Movable Type 4.34-en Globovisión fined millions for its riot reporting tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18029 2011-10-19T19:13:31Z 2011-10-19T20:00:28Z New York, October 19, 2011--Venezuela's telecommunications regulator has fined Globovisión, the country's last remaining critical network, more than US$2 million for its coverage of deadly prison riots in June and July, news reports said.... Committee to Protect Journalists Inmates are subdued after a prison riot in Cabimas, Venezuela. Globovisión was fined more than US$2 million for its coverage of the uprising. (AP)

New York, October 19, 2011--Venezuela's telecommunications regulator has fined Globovisión, the country's last remaining critical network, more than US$2 million for its coverage of deadly prison riots in June and July, news reports said.

]]> Venezuelan weekly reopens, executives still charged tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17791 2011-08-30T20:09:05Z 2011-08-30T20:31:39Z New York, August 30, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by ongoing criminal cases against two executives from the Venezuelan newspaper 6to Poder, but welcomes a judge's decision to allow the weekly to resume publishing. The paper's owner and a top executive were charged last week with inciting hatred,... Committee to Protect Journalists 6to Poder, but welcomes a judge's decision to allow the weekly to resume publishing. The paper's owner and a top executive were charged last week with inciting hatred, insulting a public official, and publicly denigrating women.

]]> Venezuelan newspaper shut, executives charged tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17764 2011-08-24T21:17:16Z 2011-08-24T21:25:41Z New York, August 24, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of the Venezuelan newspaper 6to Poder after a judge ruled on Monday that the weekly cease distribution. The newspaper's owner and a top executive were charged with incitement to hatred, insulting a public official, and publicly denigrating women... Committee to Protect Journalists 6to Poder after a judge ruled on Monday that the weekly cease distribution. The newspaper's owner and a top executive were charged with incitement to hatred, insulting a public official, and publicly denigrating women after the paper published a satirical article on government officials, local press reports said.

]]> Newspaper columnist shot to death in Venezuela tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17322 2011-05-20T17:23:19Z 2011-05-20T17:28:21Z New York, May 20, 2011--Wilfred Iván Ojeda, a Venezuelan newspaper columnist and politician, was shot to death on Tuesday in the city of La Victoria, Aragua state, according to press reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists urged authorities today to fully investigate the murder and bring all those responsible to... Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> Attacks on the Press 2010: Americas Analysis tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16537 2011-02-15T05:54:00Z 2011-05-03T15:44:15Z Committee to Protect Journalists In Latin America, A Return of Censorship
The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional leaves white space for an image the government won't allow. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

By Carlos Lauría

As the preeminent political family in the northeastern state of Maranhão for more than 40 years, the Sarneys are used to getting their way in Brazilian civic life. So when the leading national daily O Estado de S. Paulo published allegations in June 2009 that linked José Sarney, the Senate president and the nation's former leader, to nepotism and corruption, the political clan did not sit idly by. The Sarneys turned to a judge in Brasília, winning an injunction that halted O Estado from publishing any more reports about the allegations. Eighteen months later, as 2010 came to a close, the ban remained in effect despite domestic and international outcry.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2010: Venezuela tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16556 2011-02-15T05:05:00Z 2011-02-11T15:28:51Z h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal; margins:5px;} Top Developments • Censorship spikes: RCTV banished again, newspapers barred from using crime images. • New laws restrict Internet content, tighten control over broadcast licenses. Key Statistic 1,300: Hours of presidential speeches that were aired between 1999 and 2010. Using all the tools of power, President... Committee to Protect Journalists Top Developments
• Censorship spikes: RCTV banished again, newspapers barred from using crime images.
• New laws restrict Internet content, tighten control over broadcast licenses.

Key Statistic
1,300: Hours of presidential speeches that were aired between 1999 and 2010.

Using all the tools of power, President Hugo Chávez Frías continued his aggressive campaign to silence critical news media. In the waning days of a lame-duck National Assembly, the Chávez administration pushed through measures to restrict Internet content and tighten control over broadcast licenses. Relying on politicized courts, the government barred two major newspapers from publishing images of crime and violence in the run-up to September legislative elections. And through a series of politically motivated regulatory actions, the administration intimidated one critical broadcaster, Globovisión, and banished another, RCTV International.

]]> CPJ condemns two Venezuelan media laws tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16445 2010-12-21T21:39:05Z 2010-12-21T22:15:42Z Committee to Protect Journalists Chávez (AP)
New York, December 21, 2010--President Hugo Chávez Frías must veto two laws regulating the Internet and telecommunications that could promote further censorship and seriously limit freedom of expression in Venezuela, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Both provisions were passed on Monday by the National Assembly.       
]]> Venezuela media bills would harm freedom of expression tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16410 2010-12-14T22:06:40Z 2010-12-14T22:22:06Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, December 14, 2010--The Venezuelan legislature should reject proposed legal reforms that would harm freedom of expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Legislation that would regulate Internet content and could force broadcaster Globovisión off the air are up for consideration this week in the Venezuelan National Assembly.

]]> Journalists on the frontlines of press freedom honored tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16338 2010-11-24T18:28:55Z 2010-11-29T02:14:40Z New York, November 24, 2010--Outstanding journalists at the forefront of the battle for press freedom in Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were honored Tuesday evening at the Committee to Protect Journalists' 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner.... Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ board member Kati Marton presents a 2010 International Press Freedom Award to Nadira Isayeva. (Getty/Michael Nagle)
New York, November 24, 2010--Outstanding journalists at the forefront of the battle for press freedom in Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were honored Tuesday evening at the Committee to Protect Journalists' 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner.
]]> Colombia nabs alleged mastermind in Sambrano murder tag:cpj.org,2010://1.15920 2010-08-23T20:50:24Z 2010-08-23T21:02:16Z Committee to Protect Journalists Notitarde/Jacinto Oliveros

New York, August 23, 2010--The alleged mastermind in the 2009 murder of Venezuelan journalist Orel Sambrano, at left, was arrested Thursday in Colombia and is now facing extradition to Venezuela, local and international press reported.

Colombian authorities arrested Walid Makled García in the city of Cúcuta, near the border with Venezuela, according to news reports. A warrant was issued in 2008 for Makled in Venezuela on drug trafficking charges. Venezuelan authorities issued warrants for him last year in connection to Sambrano's murder and for allegedly participating in the 2009 killing of a local veterinarian, The Associated Press reported.

]]> Court in Venezuela bans violent photos in newspapers tag:cpj.org,2010://1.15896 2010-08-18T21:12:16Z 2010-08-18T21:14:31Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 18, 2010--A Venezuelan court's decision to ban print media from publishing images of violence is an attempt to censor news coverage of widespread crime in the weeks leading up to the September 26 legislative elections, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

]]> Venezuelan columnist sentenced to prison for defamation tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14785 2010-06-14T21:44:37Z 2010-06-14T22:28:45Z New York, June 14, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the nearly four-year prison term given to Venezuelan columnist Francisco “Pancho” Pérez on defamation charges, according to local news reports and CPJ’s interviews.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 14, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the nearly four-year prison term given to Venezuelan columnist Francisco “Pancho” Pérez on defamation charges, according to local news reports and CPJ’s interviews.

]]> Venezuelan arrest warrant troubles CPJ tag:cpj.org,2010:/blog//8.14784 2010-06-13T15:11:25Z 2010-06-14T21:46:17Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ ]]> Israeli forces detain journalists aboard humanitarian flotilla tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14744 2010-06-01T21:55:16Z 2010-10-17T09:38:30Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 1, 2010--Israel should immediately release the journalists it detained along with hundreds of peace activists on Monday after Israeli forces stormed a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. According to international news reports and CPJ interviews, Israeli forces arrested at least 20 journalists aboard the humanitarian flotilla; three have since been released.

]]> CPJ hails conviction in Venezuelan journalist’s murder tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14720 2010-05-21T20:49:36Z 2010-05-21T21:31:41Z New York, May 21, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction of a former police officer in connection with the 2009 murder of Venezuelan journalist Orel Sambrano in the northern city of Valencia.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, May 21, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction of a former police officer in connection with the 2009 murder of Venezuelan journalist Orel Sambrano in the northern city of Valencia.

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