Articles by Comité por la Libre Expresión – C-Libre
Honduran journalist beaten with wooden bat
Honduran journalist Joel Coca says that on 16 July 2013, the day before he was attacked, he discussed a case of corruption and abuses at a local factory on his programme.
Honduran reporter threatened with same fate as murdered colleague
Journalist Mario Castro has received text messages threatening him with the same fate as his colleague and friend, Aníbal Barrow, who was kidnapped, killed and dismembered in the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Body of kidnapped journalist found in Honduras
Honduras’s chief federal public prosecutor, Roberto Ramírez Aldana, confirmed 10 July 2013 that the dismembered body found in Siboney lake in Villanueva, Cortes, is that of journalist Aníbal Barrow, who was kidnapped on 24 June.
Anonymous threat silences Honduran reporter
Rubén Quiroz, a police beat reporter in the city of San Pedro Sula, has abandoned reporting on a gang-related story after receiving a threatening call in relation with the story.
Unknown assailants kidnap well-known Honduran journalist
In the city of San Pedro Sula, Cortés department, on 24 June 2013, unknown assailants kidnapped journalist and university professor Aníbal Barrow, host of the news programme “Aníbal Barrow y nada más” (“Aníbal Barrow and nothing more”), broadcast on Globo TV from 7 to 8 a.m. Monday to Friday.
Journalists targeted in gunfire in northern Honduras
Journalist Ramón Maldonado and camaraman Daniel Sánchez from Canal Litoral Atlántico, in the city of La Ceiba, Atlántida department, escaped unharmed from a firearms attack by an unidentified suspect riding a motorcycle.
Director of Honduran free expression NGO warned of plot against him
The Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) reports that its executive director, Héctor Longino Becerra, received death threats on Saturday 20 April 2013, by phone, in which the caller told Becerra that there was a plan to have him killed.
Honduran radio journalist constantly threatened for his reporting
Radio journalist Leonel García has reported receiving death threats related to his critical reporting and the fact that he provides an opportunity for citizens to voice their concerns on his programmes.