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facts of December 8, 2002, January 27, 2003, and March 3, 2004, and the
consequences they have had on her personal life and professional performance.
g)
Isabel Cristina Mavarez Marín, alleged victim and witness proposed by the
representatives; she is a journalist and producer in the news area at RCTV. She
testified, inter alia, regarding the facts of April 9, 2002 and their consequences on
her personal life and professional performance.
h)
David Pérez Hansen, alleged victim and witness proposed by the
representatives, who was a RCTV reporter up to 2007 and is currently the Executive
Producer of the that station’s information management. He testified, inter alia,
regarding the facts of March 12th and August 15th, 2002 and the consequences
those attacks have had on his personal life and professional performance.
i)
Marcos Fidel Hernández Torrolv, witness proposed by the State; he is a
journalist. He testified, inter alia, regarding the work of the different private media
firms, including RCTV, in recent times.
j)
Omar Solórzano García, witness proposed by the State; he is an attorney. He
testified, inter alia, regarding the role of the Ombudsman and its interventions in
protests; the measures adopted to guarantee the order and safety of people due to
those public protests; the special measures adopted in benefit of journalists and the
injuries caused despite the measures adopted.
k)
Daniel Antonio Hernández López, witness proposed by the State; he an
economist, political scientist, and philosopher. He testified, inter alia, regarding the
origin and evolution of media in Venezuela and the role assumed by private media,
especially RCTV, between 2001 and 2006.
l)
Alís Carolina Fariñas Sanguino, witness proposed by the State; she was the
Twenty-First Prosecutor at a National Level with Full Competence from January 2001
to April 2008. She testified, inter alia, regarding orders to start investigations issued
ex officio at that Prosecutors’ Office due to the facts that occurred against the
employees of communication firms in the year 2004.
m)
Toby Daniel Mendel, expert proposed by the Commission; he is the Senior
Director of the Law Program of the NGO “Article 19”. He testified, inter alia,
regarding freedom of expression as a human right and the restrictions permitted;
freedom of expression with regard to public officials and matters of public interest;
acts of intimidation, harassment, persecution, and attacks against social
communicators and associated personnel committed by state actors and/or
individuals, as well as regarding the State’s positive obligation to protect RCTV.
n)
Ricardo Uceda, expert proposed by the Commission; he is a journalist. He
testified, inter alia, regarding the effect of a constant critical speech against social
communicators and associated personnel by the authorities of a country; the effects
of acts of intimidation, harassment, persecution, and attacks against them
committed by state actors and/or individuals, as well as with regard to the effects
these attacks would have on the exercise of freedom of expression in social
communication workers.
ñ)
Marcelino Bisbal, expert proposed by the representatives; he is a journalist.
He testified, inter alia, regarding the effects the attacks on journalists and other
employees of social communication in Venezuela would have on the exercise of
journalism and the free search and broadcasting of information and ideas, especially
during the time to which the facts of the present case refer.