Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) wishes to warn about the risks reported by the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in a recently published document. In the report, which does not refer to any country in particular, the Agency expresses its concern over…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) is an NGO devoted to the protection and spreading of the right to freedom of expression and to following up on public policies concerning Government advertising, access to information and transparency (as provided for in the Argentine Constitution and in the international treaties incorporated in it) since December,…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) is worried about journalist Teresita Dussart who had to seek consular protection at the diplomatic missions of Belgium and Spain in our country as a consequence of being harassed after revealing details of the case of Prosecutor Alberto Nisman´s death. Dussart, of Belgian-Spanish ancestry, was one of the…
Damián Pachter´s decision to leave the country has struck us deeply at Fundación LED -Libertad de Expresión + Democracia- The Buenos Aires Herald journalist feared reprisals for covering the Nisman case. On Sunday, at 11.15 pm, journalist Damián Pachter tweeted about possible troubles at Prosecutor Alberto Nisman´s home. Early today, the Buenos Aires Herald and…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) has condemned the attitude of the Chief of Cabinet Ministers of Argentina, Jorge Capitanich, who tore up two articles published by a nationwide morning newspaper during a live official press conference at the Government House while he refuted them. Inexplicably, something of utmost gravity has occurred. The Chief…