Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) is concerned about the sentence which was made public on April 17, sentencing National Assembly member Pachakutik Cléber Jiménez, activist Carlos Eduardo Figueroa and trade unionist Fernando Villavicencio to prison. Enforcement of the Criminal Code Section establishing the crime of libel and slanders is not consistent with the position…
I – Declaration Concern about Private Companies Banned from Advertising in Independent Media in Argentina Red Latinoamericana en Defensa de la Libertad de Expresión (in Spanish, Latin American Network for the Defense of Freedom of Expression) has expressed its deep concern about the instructions given by the National Government of Argentina banning private companies—big supermarket…
Upon concluding the 44th Extraordinary General Assembly, the OAS issued a resolution thwarting an attempt at weakening the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in general and the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression in particular. In the Resolution a note was made about the recommendations of the Special Working Group to…
Argentina: Private Companies Banned From Advertising in Independent Media Freedom House and Argentina’s Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (Fundacion LED) express deep concern over the recent directives by the Argentinean government to prohibit private companies to place advertisement in independent media outlets. By targeting media groups that do not share the national government’s…
Executive Summary Fundación LED has submitted its Annual Report on Limitations to the exercise of Freedom of Expression in Argentina during 2012. Fundación LED is a non-profit organization devoted to the protection of Human Rights and the defense of freedom of expression, to citizenship building and social monitoring of public resources allocated to advertising Government…