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In Post-Election Venezuela, Journalist Jailings at New High

Extortion schemes are part of what press watchdog groups describe as an unprecedented government crackdown on the Venezuelan media.

Police also confiscated work and personal phones from an attorney for the international freedom of expression group Article 19.

“Nicaragua’s release of journalists Víctor Ticay and Fabiola Tercero brings us relief, but they should never have been imprisoned…”

His cruel and arbitrary detention continues two years later, revealing a judicial system corroded by the worst interests.

Her arrest took place on Sunday, August 25, after her apartment was raided by officers from the Bolivarian National Police.

Rappler and its Nobel Peace Prize co-founder Maria Ressa were persecuted by Duterte for their critical coverage of his authoritarian rule.

We want to tell the world what’s going on. It’s heartbreaking to report Shireen’s killing, Hamza’s killing and Samer’s killing.

Assi lost her leg in the same Israeli attack that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah. Christina Assi spoke Sunday.

TV and radio stations reaching nearly every Venezuelan household provide a barrage of ruling party propaganda and Maduro campaign rallies…

Nieves, editor of the independent news site El Toque, believes that the message came from Cuban state security agents…