3 rights of journalists, making them an especially vulnerable group within the current context of permanent mobilization and massive demonstrations in [...] Venezuela;” h. [t]hat the five journalists for whom the Provisional Measures are requested [Luisiana Ríos, Armando Amaya, Antonio José Monroy, Laura Castellanos and Argenis Uribe], are an example of violence against journalists conducted, initiated, or tolerated by public authorities;” i. that “the requirement of urgency and irreparable damage set forth in Article 63(2) of the Convention to justify provisional measures [...] is met in the situation brought before the [...] Court, not only due to lack of effective action by the State to protect the lives and physical safety of Luisiana Rios, journalist; Armando Amaya, assistant cameraman; Antonio José Monroy, cameraman; Laura Castellanos, political source reporter for the RCTV newscast El Observador, and Argenis Uribe, assistant cameraman; all of them social communication workers at the television station Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) of Venezuela, but also due to continuation of acts of harassment, threats and attacks specifically against these social communicators in an extremely hostile context […];” j. that on “July 23, 2002 the Commission received a complaint by the representatives of Luisiana Ríos, […] Armando Amaya, […][among others] (P/2582/2002) which was processed in accordance with Article 29 and concordant articles of the Rules of the Procedure of the [Commission];” k. that on “July 29, 2002 the Commission agreed to extend, for another six months, the precautionary measures adopted on January 29 [or 302], 2002 […] in favor of Luisiana Ríos, […], Armando Amaya, […] [among others] with the aim of protecting their personal safety and freedom of expression (Art. 5 and 13 of the Convention) based on the persistence of the same type of acts of aggression and harassment against the social communicators who were being protected, which had given rise to the original request for precautionary measures,” and l. that on “November 25, 2002 […] Luisiana Rios, Armando Amaya, Antonio José Monroy, Laura Castellanos [,] Argenis Uribe and [another person] asked the Commission to agree, in turn, to request that the [...] Court [...] grant Provisional Measures in favor [of] the [five] social communication workers of the Venezuelan television station RCTV […].” 3. The additional statement by the Commission, in its request for Provisional measures, that: a. the “widespread situation that generates harassment and threats direct[ed] against persons who work as social communicators on a daily basis in Venezuela; this has manifested itself specifically in constant aggressions against Luisiana Rios, journalist; Armando Amaya, assistant cameraman; Antonio José Monroy, cameraman; Laura Castellanos, political source reporter for the RCTV El Observador newscast team, and Argenis Uribe, assistant cameraman; [all of them employees of RCTV] [...] requires that all protection 2 See supra note 1 and supra Having Seen 2.e.