Amnesty International reports for ReliefWeb: BOLIVIA: DEFENDERS AT RISK BY ACCUSATIONS AND THREATS FROM AUTHORITIES The highest government authorities in Bolivia, including President Evo Morales and his government minister, Carlos Romero, have publicly accused and threatened human rights defenders and organizations critical of their policies, demonizing them and hampering their important work, says Amnesty International…
Tag: freedom of expression
ANP registers 631 attacks on the press
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: Between 2010 and 2018 The document is part of one of the five civil society reports sent for the UN Universal Periodic Review In an average of 71 cases per year, the Monitoring and Surveillance Unit for Press Freedom and Expression in Bolivia from 2010 to 2018 has cataloged…
Amnesty International demands that Bolivia ‘stop arbitrarily expelling’ dissidents from Venezuela
ANF reports for El Deber: The organization activated an Urgent Action to ask Bolivia, through Minister Carlos Romero, to “stop arbitrarily expelling” Venezuelan dissidents who need international protection The world organization Amnesty International, present in more than 150 countries, demanded that the national authorities of Bolivia, and in particular the government minister, Carlos Romero, stop…
Freedom of expression of the people at risk
El Diario reports: Citizens and opponents Assemblyman describes the pretense of punishing people as worrisome. They gave substitute measures to citizen who shouted to President Morales: “Bolivia said No” The population expressed its rejection of the policies implemented by the Government. Meanwhile, the ruling party maintains that what happened in Potosí is an isolated event…
Sexual harassment and violence on female journalists! evo fails AGAIN!
Pagina Siete reports: Three organizations condemn harassment of journalists in Palacio Communicators reported that they suffered sexual aggression and violence during the inauguration of Casa Grande del Pueblo. The guild of the press asks for explanations. Three organizations of the journalistic union expressed “their strongest protest” for the aggressions and sexual harassment suffered by some…
evo starts threatening the freedom of expression with his “Digital warriors”
Pagina Siete reports: IN THE LOOK Digital warriors The news that the MAS graduated in recent days, 80 digital warriors in Cochabamba and that there are already more than 500 young people ready to defend the Government in social networks is at least disturbing. Openly, the Government announced the beginning of a digital war to…
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