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2.
To order the State to adopt, forthwith, all necessary measures to protect the
lives, safety, and freedom of expression of all the journalists, management, and workers
of the social communications firm Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), as well as those who
are in the facilities of this social communications firm or who [we]re associated with the
journalistic operation of RCTV.
3.
To order the State to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to
protect the perimeter of the head offices of the social communications firm Radio
Caracas Televisión (RCTV).
4.
To reiterate to the State that it must fulfill its obligation to investigate the facts
that gave rise to the provisional measures with the aim of identifying and punishing
those responsible, as appropriate, including investigation of the facts that took place
after the Court issue[d] its November 27, 2002 Order.
5.
To reiterate to the State that it must allow the representatives of the
beneficiaries to participate in the planning and implementation of the measures of
protection and that, in general, it must informed them of progress regarding the
measures decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
6.
To order the State to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
within ten days of notification of the instant Order, on the steps it has taken to comply
with it.
7.
To ask the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures to
submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, within five days of notification of
the report by the State, whatever comments they deem[ed] pertinent.
8.
To ask the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit to a the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights, within seven days of notification of the report by
the State, whatever comments it deem[ed] pertinent.
9.
To order the State to continue reporting to the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, every two months, regarding compliance with the measures ordered, and to call
upon the representatives of the beneficiaries of these measures to submit their
comments on the State’s bi-monthly reports, within one month of the date they are
received, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its comments
on said reports by the State within six weeks of when it receives them.
[…]
11.
The August 13, 2004 brief and its annexes, in which the representatives of
the beneficiaries of the measures submitted information on compliance with them.
In said brief the representatives pointed out that:
a)
they sent letters to various bodies and agents of the State with
jurisdiction over citizen security and human rights protection, requesting
compliance with said measures, and they expressed their intention to
cooperate in planning and implementation of appropriate measures to protect
the staff and the head offices of RCTV.
However, they received no reply
from any of the authorities of the State whom they contacted;
b)
due to the lack of reply by the State, they filed an extraordinary
request before the Thirty-third Court with oversight functions regarding
criminal matters in Caracas, since it was the body that the 21st Prosecutor’s
Office, in response to a request by the representatives, had asked to notify
the security bodies and competent authorities to provide the protection
required. This led to issuing of official letters Nos. 841 and 843, respectively
addressed to the 5th Regional Command of the National Guard and to the
Metropolitan Police.
A brief was also sent to the aforementioned 21st
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