Access to Information Denied in Venezuela

September 28 is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. As UNESCO frames it, “Universal Access” is bound up with the right to seek and receive information, an integral piece of the right to free expression. In Venezuela, there will be very little to celebrate. The Nicolás Maduro administration downplays egregious abuses by security forces and denies the existence of the country’s humanitarian crisis and the exodus of Venezuelans. It also fails to provide information of public interest, such as accurate statistics on the country’s health crisis. And it is doing its best to ensure…

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