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A systematic attack against freedom of the press and the right to information through various measures and actions, including direct police repression of

The union of press workers denounced "militants of an opposition political party" tried to expel journalists covering the Anti -Chávez primary elections.

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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“We don’t want Griselda’s voice to be silenced”

More than a hundred works councils, union sections and RLTs, convened by Spanish journalists’ unions CCOO, UGT and FeSP, will take to the streets on 1 March 2023 to demand decent wages and working conditions. The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) express their support to their affiliates and the striking journalists.

More than 100 radio stations were shut down by the Venezuelan government this year, accentuating the collapse of the media and further undermining the already meager capacity of citizens to stay infor

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Fresh blocks on a handful of Venezuela's few remaining independent news websites are a troubling sign of escalating press censorship.

2 minute read 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 ce...