Comité por la Libre Expresión – C-Libre

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.

The adoption of the Law of Audiovisual Communication Services promotes democratisation of the media and the effective exercise of freedom of expression in Uruguay.

More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.

Nery Francisco Soto Torres was shot to death on the evening of 14 August in front of his home. Soto had recently reported on the rationing of electricity, and corruption amongst government workers.

Channel 11 employees, who were on shift at 11 p.m. on 30 April 2014, were surprised by projectiles being set off outside the station’s building, which is located in San Pedro Sula in the north of Honduras.

IFEX marks Earth Day by honouring those who speak out in defense of the environment, putting their jobs, safety, freedom and sometimes even their lives at risk.

Making a statement during International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).

Carlos Hilario Mejía Orellana, who had received threats in the past and who was head of sales and marketing for Radio Progreso, was stabbed to death in his home in Yoro department, Honduras, on 11 April 2014.