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MADRID.- The aggressions and threats against the media have reached concerning levels, said a report presented to the Inter-American Press Society’s (SIP) 64 General Assembly by the editor of newspaper El Caribe, Manuel A. Quiroz, vice president of SIP’s Freedom of the Press and Información Commission for Dominican Republic.

In its report presented in the meeting held in Madrid, Quiroz details the lack of understanding and intolerance against the media’s exercise in the country have increased in the last months and cites the case when judge Felipe Molina Abréu issued a warrant to search the offices of the journalists Nuria Piera and Huchi Lora, for videos and documents on a series of reports about the quality of the milk used in the school breakfast

It said 53 aggressions, threats and intimidations against journalists have been entered in the last six months, including the murder of the cameraman Norman Garcia, in Santiago, a case as yet unsolved.

Locally the National Press Workers Union, the School of Journalists and civil society organizations have staged protests against attempts to limit freedom of the press.

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Written by: gouletcolonial, 6 Oct 2008 8:01 AM
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
these are things we had hoped were fading into the past and not something to be considered as a current threat to Free Speech the primary pillar of democracy.....even Morons like belial can say what they like while in the societies they champion no freedoms exist of any kind..Josean and chillexlaxin take note
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Written by: texasshoe, 6 Oct 2008 8:37 AM
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
The same thing is going on in Venezuela, reporters without borders and IAP are getting the Organization of American States involved to hopefully bring about a change there. He has confiscated the oldest privately owned television station, RCTV a little over a year ago on the claim that they supported a coup during 2002. The real reason is actually quite simple, having the largest network of transmitters in the country it was only station that truly had national coverage by antena and is now being used as a propaganda tool by the government

http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/1....ditores-solicitan-a_1080969.shtml


He also recently expelled a Chilean representative of Human RIghts Watch for issuing this report.

http://politica.eluniversal.com/2....umen-del-informe_23A2008645.shtml

and here; http://hrw.org/reports/2008/venezuela0908/

I hope the Dominicans will summon the will both personaly and patrioticaly to stem this action.
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Written by: JimHarrington, 6 Oct 2008 8:40 AM
From: United States
It has been becoming more evident as time goes on in the DR under Leonel's and his cronies regiem that freedom of the press must be silenced as was in the era of Truillijo and Balaguer.

Remeber that Leonel was elected with the support and aid of Balaguer and his Reformoistitas.

Only under the stiffliling of the press and other dictator type decisons can things like the Metro and Metro II that go to nowhere and a power and light company that does not supply energy be instituted.
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Written by: juanb, 6 Oct 2008 9:46 AM
From: Dominican Republic
This is the MOST frightening of all the recent frightening occurences here. Imagine not being able to know what was going on. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press must not be stolen from us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Written by: BASTA, 6 Oct 2008 11:58 AM
From: Dominican Republic, SPM
And of course Fernandez you know nothing of this. Snake!
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Written by: josean, 6 Oct 2008 12:06 PM
From: United States
I have maintained that it was not the PLD that took over PRSC, but quite the opposite and now the "pollos" are coming home to roost.

Lie-onel the "Manchurian Candidate" is now showing his "espuelas."

Long life our "Presidente for Life" and his glorious METROLANDIA!
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Written by: josean, 6 Oct 2008 12:18 PM
From: United States
When will we have a similar web site highlighting Lie-onel's scandals!

http://www.keatingeconomics.com/
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Written by: BLANCO, 6 Oct 2008 12:53 PM
From: Dominican Republic
what freedom of the press? the press here is for sale. you want a story printed..pay the "reporter'
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Written by: juanb, 6 Oct 2008 1:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Notice that Belial has no comment? He likes the policies practised in his glorious commie stink hole countries, where there is no freedom of speech or freedom of the press. Of course if he lived there, how could he rail against the world?
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