Diego Seas, El Deber: There are more search and arrest warrants for the forwarding of WhatsApp messages that “incite violence”; Prosecutor avoids answering There is also a summons order against two citizens, a complaint that was filed by the “early-mornings” leader René Troncoso. Assemblywoman Aguirre denounces “a witch hunt” against citizens After the apprehension of…
Tag: freedom of expression
Los Tiempos in peril | Los Tiempos en peligro
Editorial, Los Tiempos: We won’t bend Los Tiempos has established a clear position regarding the cunning and harmful campaign of economic suffocation that has been applied against it: it will not be bowed down. In other words, this newspaper is aware that the purpose of these attacks is to curtail the right to freedom of…
Record 27 violations of press freedom – Registran 27 vulneraciones a la libertad de prensa
Página Siete: The Observatory of Defenders of Unitas (National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work) registered 27 violations of press freedom in the country, between January and February. The aggression against journalists is the most recurrent type of violation, followed by the impediment of access to information. According to the monitoring carried out by…
¿De qué amenaza? Y ¿qué democracia? – What threat? And what democracy?
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Offenses to democracy “It is not revenge, it is justice”, repeat the followers of the MAS, along with the narrative that in Bolivia there was a coup in 2019. But the actions, hand in hand with the Police and the Public Ministry, as occurred during the government of Jeanine Áñez, they look…
Bolivian journalists abducted, assaulted by armed men while covering land dispute
CPJ.org: Bogotá, November 4, 2021 – Bolivian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the abduction and assault of six journalists by a group of armed men and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On October 28, seven reporters, photographers, and camera operators for several Bolivian media…
CIDH – Vergüenza/Shame – IACHR
Veronica Ormachea, Pagina Siete: Casimira Lema revictimized A year after journalist Casimira Lema had her house burned and everything they could robbed, she was re-victimized in a public hearing. She – who was barely allowed to speak – asked for justice to be done, but the assistants harassed her shouting: “Coup, liar, murderer” and for…
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