Venezuelan journalists who mentioned opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize on air have been suspended or threatened with sanctions following direct pressure from authorities, according to local media reports and a statement from the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP).
In an official statement, the SNTP confirmed that journalists across the country had been threatened or suspended for addressing "issues of clear public interest," including Machado's Nobel recognition and the attack in Bogotá on two Venezuelan activists in exile on Monday. The organization said it was witnessing "new and serious manifestations of censorship" in radio circuits nationwide.
