"Guatemalan authorities should immediately dismiss criminal proceedings against journalist Juan Luis Font, allow him to work freely without fear of reprisal, and stop using lawsuits to harass members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
In late March 2022, the country’s former communications minister Alejandro Sinibaldi brought a criminal case against Font, director of the news radio show Con Criterio, alleging that Font had unlawfully associated with former anti-corruption judge Erika Aifán and Font’s lawyer Carlos Paz, the journalist told CPJ via phone. If convicted, he faces between six and eight years in prison, according to the law.
Font told CPJ that he has not been formally notified of any charges but decided to leave Guatemala temporarily to work without facing harassment."
