Venezuela - Court bans all media from mentioning water pollution claims

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Under an order issued by a Caracas court yesterday, all print, broadcast and online media are now banned from referring to an alleged case of pollution of water supplies in the Caracas metropolitan region and in the neighbouring central states of Miranda, Aragua and Carabobo. The ban was issued at the request of three citizens with the aim of verifying whether the media “campaign” about the alleged pollution constitutes an offence requiring a criminal investigation. According to (...)

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