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Tightening the Grip
Concentration and Abuse of Power in Chávez's Venezuela
Summary
The Courts
The Media
Human Rights
Defenders
Note on
Methodology
The Courts
Re-Packing
the Supreme Court
The Record
of the Supreme Court Since 2004
Rejecting
the Principle of Separation of Powers
Rejecting
Binding Rulings by the Inter-American Court
Ruling
against the Independence of NGOs
Ruling
against Government Transparency
Upholding
Prior Censorship
Upholding
Presidential Power to Establish Crimes by Decree
Upholding
the Government's Power to Impose Mandatory Broadcasts
Ruling
against the Right to Run For Office
Ruling
against the Independence of Lower Court Judges
Judge
María Lourdes Afiuni
Impact on
Judicial Independence
The
Inter-American Human Rights System
The Media
Expanded
Powers to Censor and Punish Critics
RCTV
Globovisión
Globovisión
President Guillermo Zuloaga
Globovisión
Owner Nelson Mezerhane
Globovisión
Commentator Oswaldo Álvarez Paz
Tu Imagen
TV
Censoring
Satire
Censoring
News Coverage
Censoring
Violent Images
Censoring
a Soap Opera
Remaking the
Media Landscape
Impact on
Free Speech
Human Rights
Defenders
Criminal
Complaints against Human Rights Defenders
Expanded
Powers to Punish Human Rights Defenders
Venezuelan
Observatory of Prisons
Citizen
Watch
Public
Space
COFAVIC
PROVEA
Human
Rights Defenders Outside of Caracas
Limiting
Public Access to Information
Impact on
Human Rights Advocacy
Venezuela’s
Obligations Under International Law
Judicial
Independence
Freedom of
Expression
Prior
Censorship
Regulating
Media Content
Controlling
the Airwaves
Access to
Information
Community
Media
Protection
of Human Rights Defenders
Recommendations
Regarding
Judicial Independence
Regarding
Freedom of Expression
Regarding
Human Rights Defenders
Regarding
the Inter-American Human Rights System
Acknowledgments
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