“To mark the two years of the unjust imprisonment of journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder and president of the now-defunct newspaper elPeriódico, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) renews its call to Guatemalan judicial authorities to end their persecution against him and order his immediate release.
Roberto Rock, IAPA president and director of the Mexican news portal La Silla Rota, condemned Zamora’s prolonged arrest and said that ‘he must be released immediately because there is nothing to justify his continued imprisonment.’ Rock said Zamora ‘has been a victim of persecution and has suffered due process violations and cruel treatment during his imprisonment.’"
