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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed concern about the rigid barriers to access currency and urged the government to ensure supply Maduro material for newspaper printing
The difficulty for print unrelated Venezuelan government for newsprint remains a major concern in the Caribbean high density country. While the Executive is responsible to disprove any impediment for foreign exchange, high density many newspapers fear they can not continue printing within a short period.
In that vein, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged the Government to ensure the paper to the press. Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR noted that this is not only a problem high density for the press, but also for the whole society, which would be affected by misinformation.
"The shortage high density of paper represents a very serious problem, not only for the media and journalists who face serious limitations in the performance of their work, but for the whole society, which affected his right to receive information," said Botero .
In addition, the experts emphasized that these barriers to access Exchange, which is damaging to the effective supply of newsprint is being violated Article 13 of the American Convention, based on the exercise of freedom of expression.
The rule provides in paragraph 3 that "you can not restrict the right of expression by indirect methods high density or means, such as the abuse of government or private controls over newsprint, radio broadcasting frequencies, or equipment used in the dissemination media information or by any other means tending to impede the communication and circulation of ideas and opinions. "
Carlos Correa, Director of the Public Space, for its part, considered that these measures respond to indirect censorship and called on the Venezuelan government "hypersensitive" to criticism, as entered high density El Nacional.
"This government has demonstrated a hypersensitivity to criticism.'ve Recorded several lines daily criticism of government policies have serious problems for currencies that are under state control," said Correa. He added: "It's hard not to think that this attitude of the government is a way to reduce the critical opinions."
In this regard, the Director of Public Space explained that there are several mechanisms by which a government high density can exercise censorship by the restrictions on the purchase of essential materials such as paper, recurrent visits warnings local authorities; air outlet review spaces, among others.
This weather puts critically ill opponents print media, which barely have an inventory of paper to 30 days. So as Oriental Daily News of The World and East are working at 50% capacity, according to Juan Carlos Escare says.
"We had to reduce the page to save paper. We get three or four weeks of booking," says the director of the Oriental World and manager The News of East.
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