“After journalist Jorge Posadas, correspondent for the UneTV network, denounced death threats via WhatsApp, today [Nov. 2] the Association for Democracy and Human Rights (Asopodehu, by its Spanish acronym) called for protection for the journalist. The executive director of Asopodehu, Dina Meza, made an urgent call for help to [Honduran] President Xiomara Castro, to protect […]
“In seeking to convey and expose the difficulties and problems facing community journalism in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, various social organizations from affected countries and the region requested to have a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in November of this year. The requesting entities, including the World Association of […]
"Honduran journalist Thelma Mejía, news coordinator of Channel 5 in Tegucigalpa, denounced this Thursday [June 6] repeated threats that she has been receiving, which she attributes in part to activists linked to the ruling party, and which the Government condemned. 'That the time has come to "remove my ovaries," that my account is going to […]
“Article 19 rejects the indirect threats against the Honduran media outlet Reportar Sin Miedo and its journalistic team, after publishing the investigation 'Los nuevos ricos de San Pedro Sula, entre las redes de corrupción y la basura,' (The newly rich of San Pedro Sula, between the networks of corruption and garbage), as well as the […]
“Yalile Dubón Pérez, a social communicator, was threatened multiple times by unknown people after she published a news story involving the son of the mayor of the city of Santa Rosa de Copán. Dubón Pérez is director and manager of the news program Yalile Informa, which is broadcast on the channel Occidente Al Día TV. […]
"The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights defenders, journalists and social communicators, a UN expert said [Oct. 31]. […] 'Almost every journalist I spoke to – whether in mainstream media, online media, or community radio, […]
Contracorriente FEST, the annual event that celebrates the launch of the Honduran investigative journalism news outlet Contracorriente, will have its 2023 edition from Oct. 30 to Nov. 10, featuring a lineup of conferences, masterclasses, in-person events, and virtual activities, Contracorriente announced. This year's event will feature an array of experts and journalism professionals who will […]
"During two months, 30 selected journalists will participate in eight virtual meetings that will seek to highlight how climate change losses and damages are exacerbating multifaceted and interrelated problems in the region, such as climate-induced migration, population displacement, food insecurity and other factors, such as water scarcity, malnutrition and poverty. [...] For this edition, we […]
The team of the independent news outlet Reportar Sin Miedo, from Honduras, denounced on Aug. 11 that they have been victims of attacks and threats on social media after the publication of the series of stories "Los Secretos de Próspera," which exposes information about Honduras' project of special administrative divisions known as ZEDE [Employment and […]
Article 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Freedom House, Asociación por la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos de Honduras and Reporteros de Investigación denounced and demanded that Honduran authorities investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders that have been taking place in recent months. According to the organizations, […]
"Journalists from Colón reported to the Committee for Free Expression that on several occasions they have had information deleted from their news outlets, after calls or messages warned them about certain people's discomfort with news they broadcast. According to the version of journalists whose names are withheld for security reasons, the last incident was reported […]
"After several weeks of investigation and demands for justice, the National Police identified and captured the person allegedly responsible for the death of journalist and Indigenous leader Pablo Isabel Hernández. The detainee is a 22-year-old man, a native and resident of the village of Guanajulque, in the municipality of San Marcos de Caiquín, in the […]