ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JULY 30, 2003 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA CASE OF MARTA COLOMINA AND LILIANA VELÁSQUEZ HAVING SEEN: 1. The communication of July 21, 2003, and its attachments, in which the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”), pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), a request for provisional measures so that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter “the State” or “Venezuela”) “would protect the life, safety and freedom of expression of the journalists, Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez, who were subjected to an attack on their lives in the early morning of June 27, 2003, when they were on their way to the TELEVEN television channel to present their daily program “The Interview.” 2. The Inter-American Commission bases its request for provisional measures on the following: a. In notes of February 1, and March 5, 8 and 19, 2002, the Commission received a request for precautionary measures in favor of the Venezuelan journalists, Ibéyise Pacheco, Patricia Poleo, Marianela Salazar and Marta Colomina, who, on January 30, 2002, broadcast a video, which revealed conversations between the Venezuelan Army and the Colombian guerrilla. The day after the video was broadcast, two men on motorcycles threw an explosive device at the door of the newspaper “Así es la Noticia”, which Ibéyise Pacheco directs; it exploded destroying the principal entrance to the building. Moreover, the petitioners indicated that there were pamphlets in the street with threats against the journalists and that, minutes later, a telephone call was received by the newspaper’s central switchboard from persons who identified themselves as members of the “Tupacamaru Revolutionary Movement.” b. Consequently, on March 22, 2002, the Inter-American Commission adopted the following precautionary measures in favor of the journalists, Marta Colomina, Ibéyise Pacheco, Patricia Poleo and Marianela Salazar, in accordance with Article 25(1) of its Regulation: 1) To provide the protection required by the journalists Ibéyise Pacheco, Patricia Poleo, Marta Colomina and Marianela Salazar, to safeguard their right to