Guatemala: RSF advocacy mission highlights urgent need for the release of Jose Rubén Zamora as a priority for the new government

Recent articles in Guatemala

Guatemala: RSF welcomes court order for Jose Rubén Zamora’s release to house arrest, but calls for full and unconditional freedom

“We are hugely relieved that after more than 800 days, Jose Rubén Zamora’s hellish ordeal in a Guatemalan prison has finally been brought to an end with the court decision for his release to house arrest. But let’s be clear: house arrest is not freedom. It is another form of detention” – RSF

Guatemala: We demand the immediate release of José Rubén Zamora

Eight hundred days after the arrest of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín, the organisations ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Free Press Unlimited, Freedom House, Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Fundamedios, Protection International Mesoamérica, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the IFEX-ALC network reaffirm the urgent demand for the prompt and unconditional release of the journalist and founder of elPeriódico.

UN group says detention of Guatemalan journalist Zamora violates international law

José Rubén Zamora’s arbitrary detention highlights that he has been consistently denied a fair trial, and there is no justification for his ongoing imprisonment.