Indigenous leader and human rights defender Berta Cáceres assassinated in Honduras
At the time of the assassination, Berta Cáceres was leading an opposition movement against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project on the Gualcarque river.
After 13 months, Honduran state finally complies with IACHR order
The Honduran state has finally suspended the court-imposed work ban that has prevented Globo TV journalist and PEN Honduras member Julio Ernesto Alvarado from presenting his nightly news show since 30 October 2015.
Death threat note left in car belonging to Honduran police reporter
Elsa Oseguera, a police reporter with HCH television channel in San Pedro Sula, has been receiving death threats. Among the incidents reported recently was the looting of her vehicle, those who carried it out leaving an unsigned note with the message “We are going to kill you, bitch.”
Honduras formally bans journalist from practicing profession
The Honduran government has yet again displayed contempt for the authority of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by formally banning journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado from his profession for 16 months on 29 October 2015.
Honduran journalist prevented from testifying at Inter-American Commission
Authorities denied journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado permission to leave Honduras to attend a meeting on his case convened by the IACHR.
Court ruling deals major blow to media freedom and Inter-American body
The Honduran Supreme Court has failed to implement a legally-binding order by the IACHR to protect Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s right to work in his profession.
Honduras: Six more journalists killed since government’s UN pledge to provide protection
“Nine journalists slain in Honduras in the first seven months of this year – almost as many as in the entire year following the June 2009 coup d’état. This makes a mockery of the government’s promises to protect this vulnerable group,” said Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International.
Three more killings in Honduras, a country where murders go unpunished
According to the Reporters Without Borders tally, a total of 28 journalists and media workers have been killed in connection with their work in Honduras since 2000. The three latest murders are likely to join the list.
Honduran Journalists Day marked with report on recent media attacks
The new RSF report highlights the pressure being put on independent broadcaster Radio Globo, which the Honduran authorities have had in their sights since the June 2009 coup d’état.
Radio Globo Director gets death threats after reporting on alleged embezzlement case
Romero said on the air on 14 May that he received the threats after revealing information about an alleged case of embezzlement of government funds that is said to involve President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Two reporters assassinated in Honduras in one week
The Honduran press have lived through a day of fatalities, with a camera operator being shot in central Honduras and a radio host losing his life, along with a justice of the peace, in the western part of the country.
Murals by art groups removed from streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
While murals in the most important cities of the world are displayed with pride, in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa municipal cleanup crews remove these works of art and cover them with grey paint.
TV journalist killed in Honduras on his way home
Carlos Fernández, an active member of RAPCOS, an alerts and protection network for journalists and communicators, was killed on the night of 5 February 2015 in the municipality of Roatán, in the Islas de la Bahía department.
Murdered Honduran journalist had received threats over his work in the past
Reynaldo Paz Mayes, a regional TV station owner and presenter, was gunned down in Comayagua on 15 December 2014. Reporters Without Borders urges the authorities to examine the possibility that his murder was linked to his journalistic work.
Honduras ignores Inter-American court’s decision in favour of journalist
On 5 November 2014, the IACHR ordered the Honduran government to suspend a 16-month ban on practising journalism and other penalties imposed on Julio Alvarado. One month after the ruling, the Honduran state has failed to suspend the work ban.
Inter-American Commission visits Honduras at crucial moment for human rights
PEN Honduras welcomes the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Honduras, at a crucial juncture for human rights, of which the right to freedom of expression is particularly vulnerable.