Digital Rights Venezuela 2024, published by the Digital Human Rights Monitor of the Movimiento Vinotinto Civil Association in December 2024, explains how Venezuela’s political and social crisis undermines the exercise of fundamental rights in digital environments. 

Written by Manuel Virguez and Yasmin Faneite of Movimiento Vinotinto, with the support of Fondo de Respuesta Rápida de Derechos Digitales, the study documents the state of digital rights in Venezuela over the past year by focusing on freedom of expression online, institutional cyberviolence, and access to information. The methods used to compile the report included a review of documents (laws, doctrines, and opinions of international organizations), surveys of Internet users, and in-depth interviews with human rights defenders, activists, and tech specialists who have been directly affected by the state’s repression digitally.

Summary (excerpt)

This report addresses the relationship [bewteen] the political and social crisis [and] the exercise of fundamental rights in digital environments in Venezuela, in a context characterized by censorship, state surveillance, and restrictions on access to information […]. [T]his study focuses on three axes: freedom of expression on the Internet, institutional cyberviolence, and accessibility to information.

It was prepared between the months of July and November [2024] with information collected in collaboration with human rights defenders, journalists, union leaders, and electoral observers from the states of Bolívar, Lara, Táchira, and Yaracuy, using a methodology that combines documentary review and citizen testimonies. [The report] not only documents the current situation, but also seeks to propose recommendations to promote a freer and fairer digital environment and encourage constructive dialogue between academics, human rights defenders, and civil society.