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- Most covered free expression issues in this country
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Along with eroding civil and political freedoms, President Nicolas Maduro’s declaration of a State of Exception and Economic Emergency, extended in May 2017, dictated “strict regulations” to prevent “destabilization campaigns” on the internet
Freedom House
16 November 2017
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Venezuela’s economic crisis continued to affect the media industry, leaving dozens of publications in chronic danger of closure due to the difficulty of meeting basic operational costs. Many outlets also faced robberies, vandalism, and hackings.
Freedom House
28 April 2017
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The government refused to recognize a decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ordering the reinstatement of the terrestrial broadcast license of television station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), which was taken off the air in 2007 after a highly politicized campaign against the channel by then president Hugo Chávez.
Freedom House
23 April 2016
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Ruling party proposes amendments to cyberterrorism law criminalizing use of social networks to "disrupt public peace"
Freedom House
31 October 2015
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Ranked 176th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
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Instituto Prensa y Sociedad de Venezuela
27 February 2015
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This report documents 45 cases from Caracas and three states, involving more than 150 victims, in which security forces have abused the rights of protesters and other people in the vicinity of demonstrations.
Human Rights Watch
5 May 2014
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"Freedom of private discussion suffered during 2013 due to a series of releases of illegally recorded conversations of prominent Venezuelans"
Freedom House
1 May 2014
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Ranked 171st in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2014
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Newspapers cut back page count as government stops supply of foreign currency to buy newsprint
Inter American Press Association
7 April 2014
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"Sale of Globovisión leaves country without a critical broadcaster"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
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Ranked 116th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
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"Government has taken aggressive steps to reduce the availability of media outlets that engage in critical programming"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014