Colombia’s Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its acronym in Spanish) rejected the death threats reported by journalist Gonzalo Guillén and warned they represent an attack on press freedom. Guillén said on social media on March 26 that he had received information about an alleged plan to kill him, allegedly coordinated from a prison in […]
"In Colombia, Gabriela Alonso Jaramillo is an anomaly. In a country where polarization is rising and youth voter turnout is low, she says she’s the only one in her group of friends who cares about local and national politics. The 23-year-old public affairs and political science double major at the University of the Andes in Bogotá was alarmed when a classmate […]
"The Colombian Attorney General’s Office made three decisions this morning [March 24] demonstrating that its top official, Luz Adriana Camargo, intends to strengthen the institution’s gender-based approach. First, it has opened a special channel to handle complaints—which have gone viral on social media in recent days—alleging sexual violence by journalists at various media outlets. According […]
“Estefany Rodríguez Florez, a journalist with Nashville Noticias who has produced critical reporting on [the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency] ICE, was arrested Wednesday [March 4] during a traffic stop, according to documents filed in federal court in Nashville. Her attorney requested her immediate release, but the federal agency asked a judge to deny […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) reported that journalist Yeison Rojas, a correspondent for Teleantioquia in the Urabá subregion, was threatened by alleged members of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), who ordered him to leave the territory with his family before midnight on March 2. According to the organization, Rojas received a phone […]
“Widespread condemnation has erupted in Yopal [capital of Colombia’s Casanare department], after former mayor Jhon Jairo Torres, known as ‘Jhon Calzones,’ harassed and assaulted El Nuevo Oriente newspaper director Martín Mesa while the journalist was at a restaurant in the city. According to the Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP, by its acronym in […]
"On Feb. 18, members of the newspaper Proclama del Pacífico were intercepted, threatened and forced to suspend distribution of their paper in northern Cauca. The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish initials) condemns and denounces this act, which constitutes a violent act of censorship that restricts the public's right to receive information and […]
"Several members of the Indigenous Guard surrounded and pushed journalist Carlos Ayala Orozco while he was recording a political event with his cell phone in the Plaza de Los Libertadores in Villacencio. During the scuffle, the journalist fell to the ground before other people intervened to separate them. The incident occurred during a rally organized […]
"The Foundation for Press Freedom [FLIP, by its Spanish acronym] is alerting the public of a serious escalation of intimidation against Dubán García, director of the Al Día Noticias newscast, and Hamilton Obando, cameraman and producer for the same media outlet in Mocoa, [in the Colombian department of] Putumayo. In recent days, a plot to […]
"The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice sentenced prosecutor Bibiana Rosa Orozco Bonilla to four years in prison for releasing and closing the case against paramilitary member Alejandro Cárdenas, alias 'JJ,' who confessed to kidnapping and torturing journalist Jineth Bedoya. The prosecutor had been acquitted in a previous instance, but the high court, […]
"A specialized criminal court judge sentenced members of the self-proclaimed Central Command (Coce, for its Spanish acronym) of the ELN (National Liberation Army) and two other leaders of that guerrilla group for the abductions of seven journalists and two media workers that occurred in the Catatumbo region, in Norte de Santander, between 2016 and 2017. […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) warns of an increase in judicial actions brought in recent days against journalists and media outlets in Colombia, a trend that reveals a pattern of legal harassment aimed at intimidating, censoring, and obstructing independent journalism. The most recent episodes of this type of harassment affect journalist Lorena Beltrán and […]