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The Venezuelan nongovernmental group Espacio P\u00fablico, which monitors free speech abuses in the country, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/espaciopublico.ong\/estado-venezolano-admitio-violaciones-la-libertad-expresion-la-cidh\/\u0022\u003Ehighlighted\u003C\/a\u003E attempts to undermine coverage that is critical of the government, including intimidation, arrests, and physical abuse against journalists covering the protests, and excessive restrictions on the ability of foreign journalists to cover Venezuela. Additional information and summaries of cases involving journalists, media outlets, and human rights defenders is available in this IPYS \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipysvenezuela.org\/2017\/07\/06\/noticias-en-cautiverio\/\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E, presented during the hearing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the hearing, the government representative \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/espaciopublico.ong\/estado-venezolano-admitio-violaciones-la-libertad-expresion-la-cidh\/\u0022\u003Erecognized\u003C\/a\u003E that 800 websites had been blocked and that \u201cthere have been excesses by police forces against journalists,\u201d Espacio P\u00fablico said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHere are some examples of abuses against journalists:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn March 31, more than 10 members of the National Guard tried to stop Elyang\u00e9lica Gonz\u00e1lez, a journalist with Univisi\u00f3n, Primer Impacto and Radio Caracol, from covering a student anti-government protest outside the Supreme Court. The agents beat, dragged her for several meters, and pulled her hair, Gonz\u00e1lez \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AztW8YZB4p8\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. When she asked why she was being detained, an officer answered, \u201cbecause I feel like it.\u201d They also damaged her work equipment and cell phones. The abuse was caught on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.univision.com\/noticias\/militares-agreden-a-corresponsal-de-univision-en-caracas-video\u0022\u003Etape\u003C\/a\u003E. She was held for half an hour, and let go.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 24, members of the Bolivarian National Guard and the Bolivarian National Police used force to disperse an anti-government demonstration in the Bello Monte neighborhood in Caracas, Mildred Manrique, a Venezuelan journalist who was covering the protest, told Human Rights Watch. Incidents broke out when protesters started hurling back the teargas bombs that security agents had thrown towards them, Manrique said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt approximately 4 pm, members of the National Guard arrived in motorcycles at the area where a group of journalists, including Manrique, were standing. There were at least five journalists standing behind a wall to protect themselves, and seven others across the street. They all had their journalist IDs on them and were wearing vests that said \u201cpress,\u201d Manrique said. The security agents turned towards them and shot teargas bombs directly at the journalists, who were filming the incidents, and one of the bombs hit Manrique on her chest, she said. She was protected by the vest, so it bounced on to her arm, burning her elbow, according to Manrique. Another teargas bomb hit a journalist\u2019s testicles, she said. Volunteers from the Green Cross who have been providing emergency care during the protests helped Manrique at the scene, and she continued working.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 15, Daniella Zambrano, a journalist working for the international news channel NTN24, was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/NTN24ve\/status\/875358259380711424\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E with her cameraman and another cameraman of the international channel Telemundo in a metro station in Caracas. The journalists were covering a demonstration against President Maduro\u2019s proposal to draft a new constitution. A representative of the metro told Zambrano she did not have authorization to cover the protest, and forbade them from leaving until agents from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Services arrived. The intelligence agents asked her for her name, ID number, cellphone number, and Twitter account, Zambrano \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/sntpvenezuela\/status\/875376561142280194\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. The journalists said they were held for almost two hours, and only released after they erased the material they had taped.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022es\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022es\u0022\u003EMilitares agreden a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElyangelicaNews\u0022\u003E@ElyangelicaNews\u003C\/a\u003E, corresponsal de Univision en Caracas. 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