Freedom of the Press

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Jun
4
2010
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VIDEO. OEA debe exigir a Chávez en Asamblea General en Lima: no a la censura, sí a la libertad de expresión

En julio del 2009 las organizaciones CEDICE Y ASOESFUERZO lanzaron en Venezuela la campaña “En Defensa del Derecho a la Propiedad”. Pero el gobierno chavista censuró a Globovisión, Venevisión y otros medios su difusión.

En febrero del 2010, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) de la OEA denunció la censura. Chávez respondió diciendo que la OEA es una “mafia” que debe “desaparecer”.

A la fecha, el presidente Chávez le debe una respuesta a los medios venezolanos que censuró. La Asamblea General de la OEA, reunida en Lima del 6 al 8 de junio, debe exigirle una respuesta seria a Chávez.
 
May
27
2010
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Marcel Granier denounces Chávez’s war against independent media

In this video of the Olso Freedom Forum, Marcel Granier, Venezuelan journalist and general manager of the television station RCTV, outlines Hugo Chávez’s war against the independent media and the internet.

According go the Forum, Granier warns that the current attacks against the media are just the beginning of darker days if democratic governments around the world do not take a stand. Granier explains that Venezuelans no longer live in a democracy, and warns that soon all protests will be silenced, political prisoners will become disappeared persons, and Chávez’s daunting slogan “Fatherland, Socialism, or Death” will become all too real.

The truth must be told, he says, because “freedom of speech is the oxygen of a free society,” and without it our humanity is lost.