Venezuela: Satirical magazine censored

24 Aug 2011

A court in Caracas has issued a temporary injunction to prohibit the publication and circulation of satirical magazine 6to Poder after it published a cover with six Venezuelan government officials portrayed as cabaret dancers on 21 August. On the same day, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service arrested the magazine’s editor, Dinorah Girón, and put out a warrant for the arrest of the president of the company, Leocenis García.

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  1. Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Venezuela: Censored magazine re-opens, executives still charged

    August 31, 2011 at 10:08

    [...] judge has this week lifted a week-old court ruling banning the distribution of a Venezuelan magazine after it published a satirical article featuring government officials portrayed as cabaret dancers, which had been deemed offensive to [...]

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