The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the immediately release of freelance environmental journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta. Evidence suggests that he was arrested for his journalism.
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An employee at the offices of “El Nacional” newspaper, Caracas, Venezuela, 14 June 2019, FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images Venezuelan authorities should ensure that civil defamation suits cannot be abused to censor news outlets, and should return El Nacional ’s headquarters to its owners immediately.
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 17 May 2021.
Venezuelan authorities should ensure that civil defamation suits cannot be abused to censor news outlets, and should return
El Nacional’s headquarters to its owners immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
At about 7 p.m. on May 14, National Guard agents executing an order issued by a Caracas court raided the newspaper’s headquarters in the Los Cortijos area of Caracas, evacuated the outlet’s staff, and took control of the building, according to a report by
UK funds communication programs against Venezuela
UK funds communication programs against Venezuela
Caracas, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) The UK government illegally financed the Efecto Cocuyo website to undermine and destabilize Venezuela, national media released on Thursday. According to a report by Globovision TV, which provides details of a study originally issued by the British media Daily Maverick (or Declassified-UK), the Venezuelan website was hired for one million dollars to act as a mercenary of journalism.
The aforementioned report reveals that for a long time the UK has financed projects to bolster alleged independent investigative journalism in Latin America to undermine foreign leaders and political movements considered a threat to British business interests.