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http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/30/el-pais-it-is-a-crime-to-protest-in-venezuela/From Spain’s El Pais: It is a crime to protest in Venezuela
Protesting in the streets of Venezuela is, from now on, synonymous with crime. The Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega, has announced it will open proceedings against all those citizens who “protest for any reason†and that in hher opinion, only seek to “destabilize the constitutionally elected Government. “I wish that those who rise up in hostility against the constituted Government , should know what are now consequences,†Ortega said, while she moderated her owm radio program “in line with the Public Ministryâ€, which airs every Friday at a state broadcaster . Her opinion is that (these) behaviors fit perfectly into the crime of civil rebellion “that under Venezuelan law is punishable by 12 to 24 years in prison.

The aim is to establish that marches are civil rebellion
In early July, also through her program, Luisa Ortega also proposed that Parliament approve acontroversial “crimes against media law†to punish the media for disseminating information that “incited hatred†or generated “anxiety†among the population