“President Gustavo Petro has signed today [Sept. 9] a directive that seeks to promote good practices and ethical conduct that align with the social and democratic responsibilities linked to the guarantee of freedom of expression and of the press. At the initiative of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on […]
“News and media organizations such as the Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish) condemned Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday [Sept. 2] for calling women journalists 'mafia dolls' in yet another attack on the press. On Aug. 30, during the inauguration of the new ombudsman, Iris Marín, the president claimed that 'the […]
“The journalist and media professional Frank Caro remains hospitalized in critical condition at the Valle del Lili clinic in Cali, Colombia. [...] He was 'intercepted by two men who shot him. He arrived on his own and was assisted by the fire department and the national police in the municipality of Caloto. Still, due to […]
A court in Bogotá “has convicted José Miguel Narváez, former deputy director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), for the crime against humanity of aggravated and continuous torture suffered by journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. Narváez is the seventh person to be convicted in this case and has been identified by Duque as one of […]
“After months of tensions between the Colombian Presidency and the Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish), President Gustavo Petro has met with three organization delegates. The meeting was also attended by an envoy of Reporters without Borders, the international organization that monitors press rights. The president, whose criticisms of the media and […]
“Journalist Cristian Cabrales, of the [Colombian] digital media outlet Plato y la Región Noticias, denounced an attack against him. In the early hours of Aug. 25, on the road from Plato to Tenerife, in [the department of] Magdalena, an unknown individual on a motorcycle shot at the journalist several times. Cabrales was returning from a […]
"A court in Bogota ruled against the Colombian government for the police's detention and torture of journalist Manuel Santiago López, while he was covering the national strike of 2021 in Duitama, Boyacá. El Espectador reports. The state, the Ministry of Defense, and the National Police face an economic penalty. However, Santiago López told El Espectador […]
"On Tuesday [Aug. 13], the 25th anniversary of the murder of Colombian journalist and comedian Jaime Garzón, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) pays tribute to him and urges an end to impunity in the case, which has not brought to justice all those implicated in his murder. The IAPA remembers the popular journalist and […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked Colombian authorities to investigate death threats against directors and team members of the Proclama del Cauca y Valle media group, based in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, in the department of Cauca. The group reported in July 2024 that it had received death threats after reporting on […]
The investigative journalism platform CONNECTAS announced it’s receiving applications for grants with the aim of supporting journalists and communicators interested in investigating environmental crimes and their possible solutions in the Amazon region. The initiative will focus specifically on Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Applicants will be able to propose stories, reports, or investigations that address this […]
“Colombian journalist Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir heads the TV news program 'El calentao' on Señal Colombia, part of RTVC public media. Jaramillo is also a professor at the Universidad del Rosario [Bogotá, Colombia]. He was threatened on social media on Monday, July 29, specifically because of his role at the university. An anonymous user called Jaramillo […]
"Colombian President Gustavo Petro responded on Monday [July 8] to a letter from more than 180 journalists published in the opinion column of journalist Laura Ardila in El Espectador. Although they recognize the need for a debate on the quality of journalism, the journalists also say that the president's accusations stigmatize them. Via the social […]