"Three agents of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Colombian Police were suspended from their positions for attacking two journalists and a young man this Tuesday (06.29.2021) during a protest in Bogotá, authorities reported. The attack went viral on social networks thanks to a video where three riot police […]
"The Ombudsman's Office and the Montería Journalists' Circle rejected the threats against journalists Rafael Gómez, Édgar Astudillo, Organis Cuadrado and Rafael Moreno, who have been covering news about public order in Alto Sinú and San Jorge, where there are presence of groups outside the law. Rafael Gómez and Édgar Astudillo were threatened with death through […]
"On June 8, at about 5 p.m., a group of eight unidentified men on motorcycles stopped at the home and office of [Pincen] Mora, editor of the independent Facebook-based local news outlet Extrema Noticias, in the city of Medellín, and demanded he come outside and speak with them, according to news reports and the journalist, […]
“The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation [Colombia] obtained a 28-year prison sentence against Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, alias 'Cherry,' for his participation in the abduction and custody of a journalistic team from newspaper El Comercio of Ecuador, whom were later assassinated in events that occurred between March and April 2018. According to the […]
"The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed the sentence of 47 years, 2 months and 6 days in prison against Juan Camilo Ortiz, as the author of the murder of journalist Flor Alba Núñez Vargas, which occurred at noon on Sept. 10, 2015 at the door of the station where she worked, in the municipality of […]
"The [Colombian] Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish) rejects that congress members and political and business sectors threaten to use official advertising resources with the purpose of controlling the media narrative. This practice of instrumentalization of public money to control debate and favor discourse is a clear and direct blackmail that […]
"We address you from IFEX-ALC, a network made up of 24 organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean that in turn is part of IFEX, a global network that defends and promotes freedom of expression and information; together with IFEX member organizations , the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The […]
"Authorities are investigating the attack on journalist William Eduardo Gutiérrez Ordóñez, owner director of the community radio station Alfa Estéreo, when he was on his way to his workplace. The incident occurred when three unknown persons -two men and a woman- who were driving a motorcycle attacked the car in which the journalist was traveling […]
"Reporters Without Borders and the Foundation for Press Freedom [of Colombia] warn that there is an imminent risk of self-censorship of those covering the protests due to the escalation of excessive use of police force against journalists, which gives clear indications of the intentionality of the attacks and their systematic nature, without there being a […]
“On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), FLIP and ARTICLE 19 Mexico come together to stop judicial harassment against journalists and human rights defenders. Within the framework of this date, FLIP and ARTICLE 19 Mexico, with the support of Justice for Journalists, present the report Laws of Silence, judicial harassment of freedom of expression in […]
“With the support of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has begun evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of mechanisms for protecting journalists in four Latin American countries, with the aim of helping to improve such mechanisms throughout the region. Nearly 80% of the murders of journalists in Latin […]
"At about 8:30 p.m. on April 20, an unidentified man aboard a motorcycle shot and slightly injured [Luis Carlos] Ayala, who works as a freelance photojournalist and often contributes to the independent news website Colombia Informa, in the western city of Cali, according to news reports and the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging […]