El Salvador

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF welcomes the conditional release on 23 July 2007 of journalist María Haydee Chicas and three of the other people arrested with her on 2 July under the new anti-terror law. The worldwide press freedom organisation said, however, that it regretted that Haydee Chicas was still facing proceedings for “acts of terrorism”, a […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The detention of María Haydee Chicas, a journalist employed by a non-governmental organization, who was arrested along with 13 other people during a demonstration in the northeastern city of Suchitoto on 2 July 2007 and charged with “terrorism”, is a “grave abuse of authority,” RSF says, calling for her immediate release. The Association […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 11 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA welcomes political will in El Salvador to enact access law, repeal insult law Salvadoran President Elías Antonio Saca, in an allusion to plight of Venezuela’s RCTV, assails stance of ‘governments that are canceling broadcast licenses’ MIAMI, Florida (May 11, 2007) – The […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 July 2006 CPJ press release: Salvadoran journalists attacked during street protests New York, July 14, 2006 – At least 14 Salvadoran reporters and photographers were attacked or harassed during three days of violent street protests last week in the capital, San Salvador, according to interviews and research by […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned attacks by demonstrators on a total of 13 journalists during protests against public transport and electricity price increases that shook the country from 4 to 7 July 2006. The press freedom organisation voiced its solidarity with the Association of El Salvador Journalists (Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador, […]

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) – On 9 March 2006, “Co Latino” newspaper journalist Rosa Elvia Campos was assaulted in the town of Mejicanos by a supporter of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario, FDR) political party, who hit her with a blunt object wounding her on her left brow. Campos was seeking comments from Carlos Menéndez, who […]

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) – At 6:00 p.m. (local time) on 18 February 2005, Canal 12 television station’s general manager informed journalist Mauricio Funes that the owners of the station’s parent company, AZTECA, had decided to terminate his contract as of 19 February. In an interview with a local newspaper, Funes said the decision to fire him was […]

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) – On the morning of 16 February 2005, journalist Mauricio Funes was abruptly taken off the air by the management of Canal 12 television station while he was hosting the “La Entrevista al Día” programme. At the time of the incident Funes was talking about the dismissal the previous day of a number of […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 1 November 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA pleased over reforms in El Salvador on protection of sources for journalists Miami (November 1, 2004) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its approval of a recent reform in the El Salvadoran Code of Criminal Procedure that protects journalists from […]

(PFC/IFEX) – On 2 April 2004, lawyers for the Canadian firm CINTEC withdrew a criminal complaint for defamation that had been filed against Enrique Altamirano, the director and owner of “El Diario de Hoy” newspaper, and two of the newspaper’s editors, Laffite Fernández and Álvaro Cruz. CINTEC’s lawyers did not provide an explanation for the […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 26 December 2003 IAPA press release: IAPA Concerned over Legal Action against Salvadoran Newspaper Miami (December 26, 2003) – The Inter American Press Association’s (IAPA) Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information is concerned over the filing of a complaint against managers of the Salvadoran newspaper El Diario […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 4 July 2003 ARTICLE 19 statement: ARTICLE 19 has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee on the protection of freedom of expression in El Salvador. The report states that despite El Salvador’s constitutional recognition of freedom of expression, in practice it is regularly flouted. As […]

(PFC/IFEX) – In late April 2003, businessman Jorge Zedán, owner of 25% of the TV Doce station’s shares, accused President Francisco Flores of having forced the cancellation of the TV Doce political commentary programme “Sin Censura”. Flores allegedly exerted pressure via the Mexican government on the Mexican station Televisión Azteca, which owns the remaining 75% […]

(PFC/IFEX) – On 1 April 2003, a representative of the Attorney General’s Office appeared before the Nueva San Salvador Court to file a complaint for defamation against Ricardo Alfaro. Alfaro is a doctor and head of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, ISSS) doctor’s union. During a television interview, Alfaro accused […]

(PFC/IFEX) – On 24 March 2003, the TV Doce political commentary programme “Sin Censura” (“Uncensored”) was broadcast for the last time. The surprise cancellation of the programme follows a decision by the station’s majority shareholders. “Sin Censura”, which formed part of TV Doce’s news programming, was noted for the sharpness of its criticism on matters […]

(PFC/IFEX) – CINTEC Environment Inc., the Canadian company that manages greater San Salvador’s solid waste, has announced in a press release that it plans to take legal action against two newspapers the company accuses of damaging its reputation. On 11 February 2003, “El Diario de Hoy” and “La Prensa Gráfica” began publishing a series of […]