“Last Thursday, Sept. 9, there were strong demonstrations in Bogotá in response to the one year anniversary of the murder of Javier Ordóñez. In the midst of riots, vandalism and clashes with the Mobile Anti-riot Squad of the National Police (Esmad), it was learned that a photojournalist was injured with a projectile. RCN reported that […]
"The Constitutional Court could delimit the scope of the right to freedom of expression of public officials and of the use of social networks to question human rights organizations. The ruling would occur if the Court agrees to study the protection filed by the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) against Juan Pablo Bieri, former manager […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued resolution 69/2021 on Aug. 28, 2021, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of José Alberto Tejada Echeverri and Jhonatan Buitrago, in Colombia, after considering that they are in a situation of seriousness and urgency of risk of irreparable damage to their rights. The request indicates […]
"Last Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation made a new decision in the investigation carried out into the murder of Eustorgio Colmenares Baptista, director of the newspaper La Opinion, which occurred on March 12, 1993 at his home in Cúcuta [Colombia]. Through the intermediary of the First Specialized Prosecutor's Office of […]
"Representatives of electoral institutions from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru signed a declaration in Quito with the aim of jointly combating false news and disinformation generated around electoral processes. [...] Among the commitments of the meeting, the participants reiterated their intention to continuously apply good regional practices for verifying information (factchecking) and actions against disinformation […]
"More than 30 congress members filed a bill against judicial harassment of journalists and social leaders, whom people try to silence through guardianships, complaints and million-dollar. Voices from the judicial sector point out that the bill may be ambiguous and redundant. A few days ago, Senator Rodrigo Lara Restrepo filed the bill with the Secretary […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), representatives of the Chaparro and Torres families, celebrate the decision taken by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to study the case of the journalists Julio Daniel Chaparro and Jorge Torres, who were assassinated on April 24, 1991. This decision is a […]
"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]
“Since the pandemic began, the media has been banished from the national capitol. […] It is assumed that the session of this July 20, in which the legislature will be installed, will be completely face-to-face due to the fact that the election of the presidency of both chambers will be held, but again the media […]
"Born in Zipaquirá on March 3, 1940, Germán Castro Caycedo was a Colombian writer and cronista. His works stood out around the world thanks to the testimonies about the reality of Colombia. As reported by Noticias Caracol, the journalist died in his house due to a fight against cancer and it was his wife who […]