Comité por la Libre Expresión – C-Libre

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Link to: Honduras accepts United Nations Human Rights Council recommendations on free expression

Honduras accepts United Nations Human Rights Council recommendations on free expression

Countries participating in the Universal Periodic Review on Hondruas expressed concern over the freedom of expression situation, especially the murders of nine journalists so far in 2010.

Link to: Serious situation of freedom of expression in Honduras

Serious situation of freedom of expression in Honduras

A delegation of the IFEX-ALC will attend the Universal Periodic Review of Honduras to express its concern over the current state of free expression in this Central American country.

Link to: Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

In support of the IFEX-Latin America and the Caribbean (IFEX-ALC) mission to the Honduras UPR in Geneva, IFEX members provided recommendations regarding the country’s freedom of expression record.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members and 25 other groups call on the President of Puntland to respect freedom of expression

Thirty-one IFEX members and 25 other groups call on the President of Puntland to respect freedom of expression

Since Abdirahman Mohamed Farole became president on 11 January 2009, journalists have been arrested, physically assaulted, suspended, censored and even killed, and the operations of news media organisations have been threatened, closed or restricted.

Link to: Journalist survives assassination attempt

Journalist survives assassination attempt

On his morning radio programme, journalist Luis Galdámez has constantly expressed his opposition to the coup d’état that removed former president Manuel Zelaya from office.

Link to: Army, police officers attack Radio Uno in San Pedro Sula

Army, police officers attack Radio Uno in San Pedro Sula

Hundreds of soldiers and police officers launched tear gas bombs at the building and attacked the staff.

Link to: Radio station forced off air by vandalism

Radio station forced off air by vandalism

Radio Uno stopped broadcasting after the power lines to its transmitters were cut on the evening of 30 August.

Link to: Journalist killed in San Pedro Sula

Journalist killed in San Pedro Sula

Journalist Israel Zelaya Díaz was found dead in a sugarcane plantation close to the city of Villanueva, with bullet wounds to his body.