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IPI completes press freedom mission to Venezuela

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday completed a four-day press freedom advocacy mission to Venezuela, during which it held discussions with leading editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as representatives of journalists’ associations, civil society and academia. IPI conducted the mission to make an objective assessment of the current […]

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IPI press freedom advocacy mission set to visit Venezuela

An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission will travel to Caracas, Venezuela, on 15 November for four days of meetings with publishers, editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as government officials, opposition leaders, and representatives of civil society, to investigate the current press freedom climate in the country. Venezuela was […]

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Venezuela National Assembly passes media-threatening education bill as demonstrators attack journalists outside

Venezuela’s National Assembly passed on Thursday a controversial new education law that further damages the country’s already-deteriorating media freedom climate. As deputies voted, pro-government demonstrators outside the National Assembly reportedly assaulted journalists covering the events. The draft “Law on Education” (Ley Orgánico de Educación), which will replace the current law of 1980, makes the teaching […]

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Elements of new Venezuelan education law suspiciously similar to those in legislative proposition threatening jail for ‘media crimes’

The Venezuelan National Assembly will on Thursday vote on a new law that could further damage press freedom in the country, the International Press Institute (IPI) warns. The “Draft Law on Education” (Proyecto de Ley Orgánico de Educación), which would replace the current law of 1980, makes the teaching of a “critical and responsible interpretation […]

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