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More than 30 news media outlets pen editorial warning about risks to press freedom in Colombia

“Thirty three Colombian newspapers and news sites published an editorial titled ‘For a pillar of freedoms,’ in which they warn about the situation of press freedom in Colombia. It says that during 2024, the country has been experiencing 'a worrying setback in this field' and calls on the government of President Gustavo Petro to guarantee freedom.

‘It is in the light of the deterioration in indicators of press freedom and the way in which institutions engage in inflammatory statements and irresponsible generalizations that have a lasting and dangerous echo in the public sphere, especially in social networks,’ the editorial says.

[...] According to data from the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its acronym in Spanish), which is cited by the editorial, threats against the press have increased 24% between 2023 and this year. And according to the Chapultepec Index, which measures the state of press freedom in countries in the Americas, Colombia scored 40.34 points out of 100 and dropped five places.”

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