On their way back, after covering the presidential elections in Venezuela, the Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata and his team were arrested by the security forces of that country. During their detention they were held in isolation, and all journalistic materials they had on them was destroyed. Not long ago, an Ecuadorian journalist rebuked César Ricaurte,…
La ilegal detención de Jorge Lanata y su equipo periodístico en Venezuela, seguido de un interrogatorio propio de la época de la guerra fría y el posterior borrado de todo el materia grabado por la producción nos retrotrae, no solamente a los filmes de espías del siglo XX, sino a recordar las persecuciones orquestadas y…
Fundación LED has expressed great concern about the attitude of the Argentine State coercing Consumer Organizations. These events, which have increased recently, trigger self-censorship amidst organizations and are a serious impairment of freedom of expression and consumer rights. Concern about coercion by the Argentine State against Consumer Organizations Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia)…
La Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) ha manifestado en reiteradas oportunidades su preocupación por los diversos incumplimientos a la ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual por parte del Estado que resultan en un grave daño a los principios de libertad de prensa y expresión en nuestro país. La designación de un nuevo presidente…
There is growing concern about the use of coercive power by the State against dissident expressions. it all adds up—a survey on mass media which is being distributed at internal revenue service agencies (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos) and the statements made by several public officials, among them the President of Argentina, upon availing themselves of Government…