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Spotlight: Bolivia Attacks

IFEX-ALC concerned over attacks, surveillance of press in Bolivia

20 December 2018

IFEX-ALC calls on the Bolivian government to provide guarantees for the right to freedom of expression and to fulfill its obligations to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for actions against the press.

Bolivia Free Expression & the Law

Radio journalist Agustín Aldo Mamani under house arrest after covering protest

"Filming a protest is not a crime," said CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney. "Bolivian authorities should immediately release [radio journalist] Agustín Aldo Mamani from house arrest, and drop all charges against him."

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎12 September 2017

Editor still unable to return to Bolivia after six months in exile

The editor of the Sol de Pando newspaper and an outspoken editorial writer, Wilson García Mérida was summoned before a prosecutor on 10 May after being accused of sedition by presidency minister Juan Ramón Quintana for no valid reason.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎22 November 2016

Bolivia

TV journalist in Bolivia faces defamation charges for discussing missing money

The Inter American Press Association has asked the Cochabamaba, Bolivia, Judiciary Council for transparency, due process and access to justice in the criminal case brought against journalist Marianela Montenegro on a charge of defamation.

‎ Inter American Press Association‎25 August 2016

Latest from Bolivia

Bolivia's president brings criminal libel suit against journalist

‎ Inter American Press Association

Bolivia 8 August 2016
Mounting hostility towards media in Bolivia

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia 2 June 2016
Bolivian media seeking state advertising must avoid "politicized" reporting

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia 31 August 2015
Police investigations stall in case of weeks of threats against Bolivian TV journalists

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia 10 April 2015
Bolivia's president and state-run TV skip presidential election debate

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Bolivia 10 October 2014
Journalist investigates Bolivia's "silent campaign" for editorial control

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Bolivia 30 September 2014
Judge rules to move case against journalists in Bolivia to Press Tribunal

‎ International Press Institute

Bolivia 19 September 2014
Bolivia police chief threatens TV reporter

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia Attacks 18 September 2014
Bolivian editor's 30-month jail term quashed

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia Free Expression & the Law 22 July 2014
Criminal charge brought against Bolivian journalists who refused to reveal sources

‎ Inter American Press Association

Bolivia 11 July 2014
Bolivian city pulls official advertising after paper publishes video of mayor

‎ Inter American Press Association

Bolivia Censorship 26 May 2014
Court orders Bolivian reporter to reveal his sources

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia 15 May 2014
Bolivian journalist missing since January

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia Attacks 7 May 2014
Charges dropped against main suspects in double reporter murder in Bolivia

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Impunity Bolivia 20 February 2014
Bolivian journalist persecuted over criticism of the government

‎ Inter American Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 26 November 2013
Bolivian government gangs up on paper reporting on corruption

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Bolivia Attacks 13 September 2013
Investigation into arson attack on Bolivian journalist stalled

‎ International Press Institute

Bolivia 4 July 2013
Bolivian community radio destroyed in clashes between rival peasant groups

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Bolivia Attacks 24 May 2013
Police storm Bolivian TV station critical of government

‎ National Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 21 November 2012
Bolivian editor, free expression activist brutally beaten

‎ National Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 8 November 2012
Bolivian journalists injured in fire bomb attack on station

‎ National Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 31 October 2012
Shot fired at journalist's home in Bolivia

‎ National Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 23 October 2012
Bolivian journalists temporarily flee country after harassment

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Bolivia Attacks 23 October 2012
Mayor threatens "to bury" newspaper journalists in Bolivia

‎ National Press Association

Bolivia Attacks 7 September 2012
Bolivian government takes aim at national news agency with libel suit

‎ Inter American Press Association

Bolivia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 23 August 2012
Media come under attack amid strike by police officers

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Bolivia 27 June 2012

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Freedom of the Press 2017: Bolivia

Cinemas across the country screened, at no charge, a government-backed film entitled The Cartel of Lies, which scrutinized press outlets and reporters who had reported critically on Morales. The film was also posted to the Ministry of the Presidency’s YouTube page.

Freedom House 28 April 2017
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In December 2015, the telecommunications regulatory authority announced that hundreds of broadcast outlets will see their licenses expire by 2019. To stay on the air, they will have to participate in a public licensing process expected to favor government-backed outlets.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
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Ranked 91st in annual global media freedom report

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