Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) strongly condemns the attack on the weekly Charlie Hebdo, in the City of Paris, France. According to the French media, two masked terrorists attacked the media´s newsroom, killed over a dozen persons, among them Stephane Charbonnier, director of the newsroom, and wounded a great many people. The assumption…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) strongly disapproves of the Bill which was introduced at the House of Representatives under number 7379-D on September 18, authorizing Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo (INADI – National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism) to shut down any Internet platforms accepting user comments…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) is deeply concerned about the delicate position the media is in in Venezuela given the increasing censorship and blockings imposed by President Maduro´s Administration. On this occasion, broadcasts by NTN24 and Noticias RCN (two media of Colombia) were interrupted by the Venezuelan Government. Almost eight months after the…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) condemns the assaults on media workers while they were covering Independence Day celebrations led by the Vice President of Argentina, Amado Boudou, in the Province of Tucumán. On occasion of the official 9th of July celebrations, while Vice President Boudou was representing the Executive, his bodyguards assaulted Carolina…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) is greatly concerned about Diario Hoy, from Quito, Ecuador, which will stop publication of its print edition as a consequence of the difficult times that freedom of press has to face in that country. Fundación LED follows up closely on the unfolding of the limitations on free speech…