Monday we celebrate World Day of Press Freedom, the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) and the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP) express concern by the illegal measures, arbitrary abusive, authoritarian and undemocratic inconsiderate of certain authorities to close television stations, as well as increasing attacks, threats, intimidation, attacks and pressures of all kinds against journalists. Olivo
Aurelio De Leon and Henriquez, SNTP general secretary and chairman of the CDP, respectively, the two unions said they fully accept the premise of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) which states that "there can be no press freedom if journalists practicing in an environment of corruption, poverty or fear. "
And precisely this situation occurs in our country there is corruption, poverty and fear in journalism, so that, although there are certain freedoms in our media, are freedoms are limited.
enough to show a button, the saying goes, and as we have several buttons, because especially in recent months, have taken steps to silence critical voices, dissenting or different from what certain authorities would like to hear. We refer to the closure of four television channels in the last month.
They are, Channel 53 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Rod TV and Channel 18 in La Romana, and the channel 12 of Sabana de La Mar
Channel 53 in Santiago was closed and its microwave transmission equipment seized the March 26, by an administrative ruling of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) without there being any decision of any court. It was argued that the channel aired without permission of Indotel and that is not owned by Victor Tejeda, who is listed as owner.
While Aster TV, cable company that hosts dozens signal television stations in the country and the government regentea, being part of the seized property to the banker Ramon Báez Figueroa, ordered on 19 April, out of system cable TV Reed, La Romana, in the space time "Voice of Truth", which occurs from Abreu Silvestre two in the afternoon, in a conflict that the prosecutor of the town.
The same was available on 21 April with the program that remained in this medium Eriberto producer Mars, government opposition and candidate for Congress for the Independence Movement Unity and Change (MIUCA).
The same happened on April 21 with channel 18, also of La Romana, whose programming was taken off the cable system and therefore the air, Aster TV available, due to its harsh statements against the government. The lessee of the programming environment is Eriberto Mars, it affected by the closure of Cane TV space.
As on April 22 was militarily occupied Canal Zone TV 12, Sabana de La Mar, paralyzing its transmission and production of programming for eight days.
According to information provided to our guild, the fact was caused by an embargo from the Banco Ademi, because the owner of the station had served as guarantor of a supportive person who took a loan and not paid, so it was taken this means the property and could only continue execution of its programming when it came to a settlement. Both
SNTP as the CDP say that with these measures, the government affects around 17 journalists with programs on Channel 53, in addition to the cameramen, editors, producers, broadcasters and other employees that means of communication as well as other journalists and the TV channels 18 and Reed of La Romana and the channel 12 of Sabana de La Mar
This situation represents a major setback to press freedom and labor rights media workers, in a context of global economic crisis has meant massive layoffs in some media, such as multimedia and the Caribbean-CDN CDN Radio, the newspaper Clave Digital Key and Telesistema channel 11, where 60 people were without jobs. They said that
multimedia
Caribbean were dismissed 32 employees, another 17 and 11 Key Telesistema.
made an appeal to President Leonel Fernandez and Attorney General of the Republic, Radames Jimenez, to provide for the reopening of the media and dismiss officials who have ordered the closure of TV channels and blocking programs.
argued that this attitude puts the government outside the law, it allows officials to take administrative measures unconstitutional, totally outside the rule of law, order that a particular department to a person or institution, and will impose penalties without going through court.
also said that closing television and other means, it is violating the Constitution, the 6132 law on freedom of expression and dissemination of ideas, Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the right of people to stay informed and the right to free exercise of journalism, as well as the Pact of San José, among other national and international conventions signed by the country.
On the other hand, the leaders of the CDP SNTP and reported that so far this year there have been 23 assaults, intimidation, pressure and other forms of mistreatment of journalists.
Among those cases cited the director of the radio station Z-101, Willy Rodriguez, came under strong pressure, even was quoted on 11 January, the Attorney General's Office for questioning around the exclusive interview achieved the fugitive Jose Figueroa, as the authorities did not believe in that interview and thought it was a farce. Rodriguez had already gone on the ninth day of the same
Also, the journalist Altagracia Ortiz Gomez, in charge of health section of the newspaper today, who on 20 January this year, Maria Lugo, an official of the Office of First Lady, physically and verbally assaulted her and tried to prevent the entrance of the hospital trauma Dr. Dario Contreras.
said that Ms. Lugo security asked the hospital to prevent the entry of Ortiz to hospital after he failed in his attempt to do it by itself when pulled by the arm and the jacket, called it "Freq" and using foul language against him.
That same day they blocked access to several journalists, representatives of various media, to hospital, where they had come from Haiti Hundreds of Haitians wounded to receive medical care after the earthquake of 12 January that swept through Port-au-Prince.
In late March, the maximum period Laureano, Digital Key correspondent in Santiago de los Caballeros was threatened with beatings and pressures of all sorts for having published an article where he gave accounts of how advertising is distributed in the council or mayor of that city.
Another case was that of journalist Rafael Monsanto, owner of the newspaper director and producer James Digital.net TV spot overall contact with the people, who on March 37 called someone on the phone and offered him two shots and then simulate the occurrence of an accident not to follow up the issue of closure of the channel 53, Cibao TV by Indotel.
Monsanto received the call through a private cell phone, warning him: "You lower the hill just after the program, let me give you two shots, you fuck much with the news of closure Channel 53 pussy ".
also cited the case of capture," attempted abduction, the seizure of technical equipment and police abuse that was inflicted on the staff of the television producer Nuria Piera, while filming on Thursday eight April, near the residence of the head of the National Police in the Arroyo Hondo sector of the National District.
identified the victims of police aggression and Delis Medina, a trainee journalist, Henry James, a cameraman, and Adriano Carvalho, driver and camera assistant, who in the midst of an apparatus worthy of the shooting of action films were transferred to the department Delinquent Intelligence, where Nuria opposed the move to another place until a call from the police chief ordered the release of the journalist, cameraman and his assistant.
The SNTP called the official's action as a violation of law 200-04 Access to Public Information, Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic, the 6132 Law on Freedom of expression and circulation of thought, to Articles 3 and 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the free exercise of journalism and the right of people to stay informed, among other laws.
Also, journalist Antonio Benito, director of Mayor's Public Affairs in the municipality of Las Guarana, Duarte province, reported on 12 April, he received death threats and attacks via cell phone, with some allegations of corruption made in that department to give up their charge.
attributed the threats and the responsibility for what might happen to the mayor Samuel Reynoso Rico.
Aurelio De Leon and Henriquez, SNTP general secretary and chairman of the CDP, respectively, the two unions said they fully accept the premise of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) which states that "there can be no press freedom if journalists practicing in an environment of corruption, poverty or fear. "
And precisely this situation occurs in our country there is corruption, poverty and fear in journalism, so that, although there are certain freedoms in our media, are freedoms are limited.
enough to show a button, the saying goes, and as we have several buttons, because especially in recent months, have taken steps to silence critical voices, dissenting or different from what certain authorities would like to hear. We refer to the closure of four television channels in the last month.
They are, Channel 53 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Rod TV and Channel 18 in La Romana, and the channel 12 of Sabana de La Mar
Channel 53 in Santiago was closed and its microwave transmission equipment seized the March 26, by an administrative ruling of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL) without there being any decision of any court. It was argued that the channel aired without permission of Indotel and that is not owned by Victor Tejeda, who is listed as owner.
While Aster TV, cable company that hosts dozens signal television stations in the country and the government regentea, being part of the seized property to the banker Ramon Báez Figueroa, ordered on 19 April, out of system cable TV Reed, La Romana, in the space time "Voice of Truth", which occurs from Abreu Silvestre two in the afternoon, in a conflict that the prosecutor of the town.
The same was available on 21 April with the program that remained in this medium Eriberto producer Mars, government opposition and candidate for Congress for the Independence Movement Unity and Change (MIUCA).
The same happened on April 21 with channel 18, also of La Romana, whose programming was taken off the cable system and therefore the air, Aster TV available, due to its harsh statements against the government. The lessee of the programming environment is Eriberto Mars, it affected by the closure of Cane TV space.
As on April 22 was militarily occupied Canal Zone TV 12, Sabana de La Mar, paralyzing its transmission and production of programming for eight days.
According to information provided to our guild, the fact was caused by an embargo from the Banco Ademi, because the owner of the station had served as guarantor of a supportive person who took a loan and not paid, so it was taken this means the property and could only continue execution of its programming when it came to a settlement. Both
SNTP as the CDP say that with these measures, the government affects around 17 journalists with programs on Channel 53, in addition to the cameramen, editors, producers, broadcasters and other employees that means of communication as well as other journalists and the TV channels 18 and Reed of La Romana and the channel 12 of Sabana de La Mar
This situation represents a major setback to press freedom and labor rights media workers, in a context of global economic crisis has meant massive layoffs in some media, such as multimedia and the Caribbean-CDN CDN Radio, the newspaper Clave Digital Key and Telesistema channel 11, where 60 people were without jobs. They said that
multimedia
Caribbean were dismissed 32 employees, another 17 and 11 Key Telesistema.
made an appeal to President Leonel Fernandez and Attorney General of the Republic, Radames Jimenez, to provide for the reopening of the media and dismiss officials who have ordered the closure of TV channels and blocking programs.
argued that this attitude puts the government outside the law, it allows officials to take administrative measures unconstitutional, totally outside the rule of law, order that a particular department to a person or institution, and will impose penalties without going through court.
also said that closing television and other means, it is violating the Constitution, the 6132 law on freedom of expression and dissemination of ideas, Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the right of people to stay informed and the right to free exercise of journalism, as well as the Pact of San José, among other national and international conventions signed by the country.
On the other hand, the leaders of the CDP SNTP and reported that so far this year there have been 23 assaults, intimidation, pressure and other forms of mistreatment of journalists.
Among those cases cited the director of the radio station Z-101, Willy Rodriguez, came under strong pressure, even was quoted on 11 January, the Attorney General's Office for questioning around the exclusive interview achieved the fugitive Jose Figueroa, as the authorities did not believe in that interview and thought it was a farce. Rodriguez had already gone on the ninth day of the same
Also, the journalist Altagracia Ortiz Gomez, in charge of health section of the newspaper today, who on 20 January this year, Maria Lugo, an official of the Office of First Lady, physically and verbally assaulted her and tried to prevent the entrance of the hospital trauma Dr. Dario Contreras.
said that Ms. Lugo security asked the hospital to prevent the entry of Ortiz to hospital after he failed in his attempt to do it by itself when pulled by the arm and the jacket, called it "Freq" and using foul language against him.
That same day they blocked access to several journalists, representatives of various media, to hospital, where they had come from Haiti Hundreds of Haitians wounded to receive medical care after the earthquake of 12 January that swept through Port-au-Prince.
In late March, the maximum period Laureano, Digital Key correspondent in Santiago de los Caballeros was threatened with beatings and pressures of all sorts for having published an article where he gave accounts of how advertising is distributed in the council or mayor of that city.
Another case was that of journalist Rafael Monsanto, owner of the newspaper director and producer James Digital.net TV spot overall contact with the people, who on March 37 called someone on the phone and offered him two shots and then simulate the occurrence of an accident not to follow up the issue of closure of the channel 53, Cibao TV by Indotel.
Monsanto received the call through a private cell phone, warning him: "You lower the hill just after the program, let me give you two shots, you fuck much with the news of closure Channel 53 pussy ".
also cited the case of capture," attempted abduction, the seizure of technical equipment and police abuse that was inflicted on the staff of the television producer Nuria Piera, while filming on Thursday eight April, near the residence of the head of the National Police in the Arroyo Hondo sector of the National District.
identified the victims of police aggression and Delis Medina, a trainee journalist, Henry James, a cameraman, and Adriano Carvalho, driver and camera assistant, who in the midst of an apparatus worthy of the shooting of action films were transferred to the department Delinquent Intelligence, where Nuria opposed the move to another place until a call from the police chief ordered the release of the journalist, cameraman and his assistant.
The SNTP called the official's action as a violation of law 200-04 Access to Public Information, Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic, the 6132 Law on Freedom of expression and circulation of thought, to Articles 3 and 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the free exercise of journalism and the right of people to stay informed, among other laws.
Also, journalist Antonio Benito, director of Mayor's Public Affairs in the municipality of Las Guarana, Duarte province, reported on 12 April, he received death threats and attacks via cell phone, with some allegations of corruption made in that department to give up their charge.
attributed the threats and the responsibility for what might happen to the mayor Samuel Reynoso Rico.
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