Bogotá, January 10, 2013--Venezuelan authorities
announced late Wednesday that they had launched an investigation against a
private TV station that had aired reports questioning the legality of
postponing the inauguration of President Hugo Chávez. The Committee to Protect
Journalists calls on the government to immediately drop this politicized investigation
and to end its persistent harassment of Globovisión, the country's only TV
station critical of the government.
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
Or click here to see the full petition, and join leading journalists like Christiane Amanpour, The Guardian’s Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll, and Arianna Huffington in signing on.
https://cpj.org