Freedom of Expression

Press Release 168/07

INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES ITS CONCERN FOR THE SITUATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN VENEZUELA

Washington, D.C., May 25, 2007. The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression informs that on May 25, 2007, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued Press Release 29/07, regarding the situation of freedom of expression in Venezuela. The press release is available at: http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2007/29.07eng.htm.      

For additional information about the Office of the Special Rapporteur: http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/index.asp?IID=1.

Statements of the Office the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression regarding RCTV may be consulted at: 

1) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Note to the Ministry of Foreign Relations on July 6, 2006, reviewed in Diario El Universal, Caracas, Relatoría de la OEA advirtió sobre amenaza de revocar concesiones,  July 7, 2006, available at: http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2006/07/08/pol_ava_08A741085.shtml, and Ministry of Foreign Relations, Comunicado del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela sobre la Nota Emanada el 06 de Julio de 2006 de la Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Caracas, July 8, 2006, available at: http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2006/07/07/pol_art_07105B.shtml.

2) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Press Release 144/06, The State of Freedom of Expression in the Region (April – June 2006), July 7, 2006, available at: http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=669&lID=1.  

3) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Press Release 161/06, Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses concern over the situation of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) in Venezuela, December 31, 2006, available at: http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=688&lID=1.

4) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. Press Release 162/07, Evaluation of the freedom of expression on the last quarter of 2006: The Special Rapporteur expresses concern for vulnerability of journalists in the region, January 29, 2007, available at: http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=689&LID=1.

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