(IFJ/IFEX) – On 22 May 2000, Colombiaâs Prensa Libre journalistsâ organization informed the Human rights section for Latin America of the IFJ that eight members of the press were attacked for unknown reasons on 8 May in the RÃo Cimitarra, the border between the department of Bolivar and the department of Santander when they were […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – On 22 May 2000, Colombiaâs Prensa Libre journalistsâ organization informed the Human rights section for Latin America of the IFJ that eight members of the press were attacked for unknown reasons on 8 May in the RÃo Cimitarra, the border between the department of Bolivar and the department of Santander when they were trying to leave the region by boat.
The members of the press who were attacked are Rafael Poveda, a journalist with Caracol TV; Oscar Obregoso, a cameraman for television channel Caracol; Germán Espejo, satellite engineer for channel Caracol; John Ripe and Mauricio Anzola, assistants to the satellite connection department for channel Caracol; Andrés Gil, a journalist with RCN TV; Fernando Giraldo, a cameraman with RCN TV; and Harold Joya, a soundperson for RCN TV.
Despite the fact that the group showed press materials and a white flag, they were shot at throughout two parts of their journey. No one was wounded.
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