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testimony proposed by the Commission (supra eighth and ninth having seen
paragraphs), so that it could present its respective comments.
12.
The brief of February 3, 2003, in which the State indicated that “it ha[d] no
objection to [the witnesses proposed by the Commission being heard] at the public
hearing.”
13.
The Order of the President of February 6, 2003, in which, in consultation with
all the judges of the Court, he decided:
1.
To convene the representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights and the State of Venezuela to a public hearing to he held at the seat of the InterAmerican Court, at 10.30 a.m. on February 17, 2003, to receive the statements of the
said witnesses and for the Court to hear their points of view on the facts and
circumstances relating to the implementation of the provisional measures in the Liliana
Ortega et al., Luis Uzcátegui, and Luisiana Ríos et al. cases.
[…]
4.
To convene Luisiana Ríos to appear before the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights at 10.30 a.m. on February 17, 2003, to give testimony on “[t]he threats, and
physical and verbal attacks that [she has] received from Government supporters in
Venezuela, during the exercise of her work as a journalist during the last year (as of
January 2002).”
5.
To convene Armando Amaya to appear before the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights at 10.30 a.m. on February 17, 2003, to give testimony on “[t]he threats,
physical and verbal attacks that [he has] received from Government supporters in
Venezuela, during the exercise of his work as a journalist during the last year (as of
January 2002).”
[…]
14.
The public hearing held at the seat of the Inter-American Court on February
17, 2003, at which there appeared:
For the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
Eduardo Bertoni, delegate
Carlos Ayala, assistant, and
Pedro Nikken, assistant
For the State of Venezuela:
Jorge Dugarte Contreras, agent, and
Gisela Aranda, assistant
15.
The testimony of Armando Amaya at the public hearing, which is summarized
as follows:
a)
He is a Venezuelan national, resident in Caracas, a camera assistant photographic reporter - for the company Radio Caracas Televisión. Owing to
his work, one day while covering a news item in the Cajigal Observatory, he
and his team were attacked by some Government supporters, who shouted
verbal abuse at them, insulted them, threw stones and, despite this, they
were unable to obtain help from any official. They were able to exit into the
avenue, where they were attacked by “motorcyclists, by elements [who
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