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Hearings
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman
Press Freedom in the Americas
Transcript [PDF] | Webcast [Real Player]
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
2:00 PM
Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
BRIEFING BY:
Ms. Catalina Botero
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Office of the Special Rapporteur
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
WITNESSES:
Mr. Joel Simon
Executive Director
Committee to Protect Journalists
Mr. Marcel Granier
President and Director General
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional (RCTV)
Alejandra Nuño, J.D.
Program Director for Central America and Mexico
Center for Justice and International Law
Mr. Eduardo Enriquez
Managing Editor
La Prensa
Mr. Alejandro Aguirre
President, Inter American Press Association
Deputy Editor and Publisher, Diario Las Americas
Ms. Catalina Botero
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Office of the Special Rapporteur
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
WITNESSES:
Mr. Joel Simon
Executive Director
Committee to Protect Journalists
Mr. Marcel Granier
President and Director General
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional (RCTV)
Alejandra Nuño, J.D.
Program Director for Central America and Mexico
Center for Justice and International Law
Mr. Eduardo Enriquez
Managing Editor
La Prensa
Mr. Alejandro Aguirre
President, Inter American Press Association
Deputy Editor and Publisher, Diario Las Americas