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NAME: VEN PROTEST 20091003Ix TAPE: EF09/0938 IN_TIME: 11:16:14:07 DURATION: 00:02:03:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Caracas - 3 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: PLEASE NOTE: SHOT 16 CONTAINS NUDITY 1. Wide of protesters beginning march, to protest against what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government 2. Students walking holding banner 3. Close of students holding banner chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "They won't take away our right to protest." 4. Wide of protesters marching 5. Mid and close of protesters walking with gags on their mouths 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yon Goicoechea, Student leader of protest: "We're here for what political prisoners represent, and to protest against the Venezuela that we don't want. And that's a Venezuela of discrimination, where the police, the courts, the attorney general's office spend their time pursuing people who think differently, instead of criminals who are killing people in the street." 7. Woman holding sign which reads (Spanish) "Freedom for my son" 8. Mid and close of students chanting 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Enefa Palacios, Protester: "(We are marching against) the injustice that is being committed against every citizen in this country. Especially just now for political prisoners. Just for going out to protest and to defend our rights, injustice is being committed against every one of us. The right to protest, to express ourselves, the right to work, the right to dissent, are being lost completely." 10. People marching 11. Close of boy chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Students!" 12. Wide of people marching 13. Students chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Who are we? Students! What do we want? Freedom!" 14. Police standing in front of students 15. Students preparing to pull down their trousers 16. Wide of students pulling down their trousers and showing their behinds to the police ++PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS NUDITY++ 17. Close of placard reading (Spanish) "The people in action, 68 years of fighting." 18. Mid and close of students singing Venezuelan national anthem STORYLINE Venezuelans marched peacefully through the capital Caracas on Saturday to protest at what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government. The marchers called on the Organisation of American States (OAS) to visit Venezuela and investigate what they consider to be a deterioration of human rights in the country. Student leader Yon Goicoechea said he was there to protest against a Venezuela that he didn't want, "a Venezuela of discrimination." Goicoechea added that the government should focus on fighting criminals who are killing people in the street, and not "spend their time pursuing people who think differently." Among those on the march was Chavez opponent Enefa Palacios, who works for the Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas. She said she was concerned that "injustice is being committed against every one of us," and that the right to protest, to dissent, to express oneself, was being "lost completely." More than 2-thousand Chavez opponents have gone on trial in the last seven years on charges stemming from their participation in protests, and roughly 40 are still in prison, according to the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a local human rights group. Attorney General Luisa Ortega says Chavez adversaries who have been arrested committed crimes ranging from disturbing the peace to assaulting police officers. Chavez has denied bringing trumped-up charges against political opponents. But government opponents are increasingly speaking up against what they consider to be human rights abuses. Last week, more than 150 university students took part in a hunger strike to protest the arrest of opponents including Julio Rivas, a student leader charged with "inciting civil war" and "public disorder" during his participation in a protest. Rivas was released on Monday but still faces charges. Students ended the hunger strike on Wednesday after the OAS agreed to hear their concerns, saying representatives of the OAS's human rights agency had invited a delegation to Washington. Authorities did not provide estimates on the crowd size during Saturday's march, but AP reporters at the scene estimated the protesters to number about 2-thousand.
Footage Information
Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | Venezuela Protest - Hundreds stage peaceful protest against imprisonment of Chavez opponents |
Date: | 10/04/2009 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP622078 |
Content: | NAME: VEN PROTEST 20091003Ix TAPE: EF09/0938 IN_TIME: 11:16:14:07 DURATION: 00:02:03:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Caracas - 3 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: PLEASE NOTE: SHOT 16 CONTAINS NUDITY 1. Wide of protesters beginning march, to protest against what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government 2. Students walking holding banner 3. Close of students holding banner chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "They won't take away our right to protest." 4. Wide of protesters marching 5. Mid and close of protesters walking with gags on their mouths 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yon Goicoechea, Student leader of protest: "We're here for what political prisoners represent, and to protest against the Venezuela that we don't want. And that's a Venezuela of discrimination, where the police, the courts, the attorney general's office spend their time pursuing people who think differently, instead of criminals who are killing people in the street." 7. Woman holding sign which reads (Spanish) "Freedom for my son" 8. Mid and close of students chanting 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Enefa Palacios, Protester: "(We are marching against) the injustice that is being committed against every citizen in this country. Especially just now for political prisoners. Just for going out to protest and to defend our rights, injustice is being committed against every one of us. The right to protest, to express ourselves, the right to work, the right to dissent, are being lost completely." 10. People marching 11. Close of boy chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Students!" 12. Wide of people marching 13. Students chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Who are we? Students! What do we want? Freedom!" 14. Police standing in front of students 15. Students preparing to pull down their trousers 16. Wide of students pulling down their trousers and showing their behinds to the police ++PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS NUDITY++ 17. Close of placard reading (Spanish) "The people in action, 68 years of fighting." 18. Mid and close of students singing Venezuelan national anthem STORYLINE Venezuelans marched peacefully through the capital Caracas on Saturday to protest at what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government. The marchers called on the Organisation of American States (OAS) to visit Venezuela and investigate what they consider to be a deterioration of human rights in the country. Student leader Yon Goicoechea said he was there to protest against a Venezuela that he didn't want, "a Venezuela of discrimination." Goicoechea added that the government should focus on fighting criminals who are killing people in the street, and not "spend their time pursuing people who think differently." Among those on the march was Chavez opponent Enefa Palacios, who works for the Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas. She said she was concerned that "injustice is being committed against every one of us," and that the right to protest, to dissent, to express oneself, was being "lost completely." More than 2-thousand Chavez opponents have gone on trial in the last seven years on charges stemming from their participation in protests, and roughly 40 are still in prison, according to the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a local human rights group. Attorney General Luisa Ortega says Chavez adversaries who have been arrested committed crimes ranging from disturbing the peace to assaulting police officers. Chavez has denied bringing trumped-up charges against political opponents. But government opponents are increasingly speaking up against what they consider to be human rights abuses. Last week, more than 150 university students took part in a hunger strike to protest the arrest of opponents including Julio Rivas, a student leader charged with "inciting civil war" and "public disorder" during his participation in a protest. Rivas was released on Monday but still faces charges. Students ended the hunger strike on Wednesday after the OAS agreed to hear their concerns, saying representatives of the OAS's human rights agency had invited a delegation to Washington. Authorities did not provide estimates on the crowd size during Saturday's march, but AP reporters at the scene estimated the protesters to number about 2-thousand. |
Media Type: | Summary |