Chavez continue to draw international criticism. Last month Human Rights Watch [advocacy website] called on Venezuela to end censorship and intimidation [JURIST report] of media that challenge official reports regarding Chavez. In July Chavez announced [JURIST report] that Venezuela would withdraw from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) [official website, in Spanish]. In a statement during a military ceremony, Chavez announced the withdrawal and criticized the regional court, saying it is not fit to be called a human rights court. The decision came just after the IACHR concluded that the prison conditions of a man convicted in multiple bombings were a violation of his human rights. In 2011 Chavez criticized [JURIST report] the IACHR for ruling in favor of presidential hopeful Leopoldo Lopez, allowing him to run for office despite a separate court ruling barring him from the election.