Venezuela violated freedom of speech by refusing to renew TV license, groups assert in court papers

Venezuela’s May 2007 refusal to renew the broadcast license of Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, violated Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights and is “a violation of settled inter-American principles of freedom of speech and the rule of law,” the Committee to Protect Journalists and the New York City Bar Association said in an … (more)