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Link to: Journalist, human rights defender killed

Journalist, human rights defender killed

Three weeks ago Erick Martínez Ávila had announced his candidacy for deputy of Francisco Morazán department in the Libre party, which is a political wing of the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) that was created after the 2009 coup d’état.

Link to: TV programme director gets hundreds of threatening text messages

TV programme director gets hundreds of threatening text messages

According to journalist Edgardo Castro, the discussion of social issues such as speaking in favour of peasants, minimum salaries and in defense of workers, and against crime, is what makes the oligarchy threaten journalists.

Link to: Shots fired at journalist’s home

Shots fired at journalist’s home

As Selvin Martínez was returning from a work trip to San Pedro Sula, he saw people in a red car firing towards his home.

Link to: TV journalist survives assassination attempt

TV journalist survives assassination attempt

Elder Joel Aguilar, a correspondent for Canal 6, had recently reported on an armed gang holdup of four trucks carrying shipments of coffee.

Link to: Journalist and human rights defender threatened with sexual violence

Journalist and human rights defender threatened with sexual violence

Dina Meza Elvir, a journalist and human rights defender with the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras, has receiving threatening telephone calls and text messages.

Link to: TV show host shot dead

TV show host shot dead

According to reports by Maya TV, journalist Noel Valladares had received death threats and had been subjected to attempted extortion.

Link to: Radio journalist assaulted, gets death threat from Liberal Party leaders

Radio journalist assaulted, gets death threat from Liberal Party leaders

Radio Globo journalist Rony Espinoza reported that he was attacked and threatened with death by Liberal Party leaders accompanying Monsignor Luis Alfonso Santos to a political event.

Link to: Journalist receives death threat in Choloma

Journalist receives death threat in Choloma

On the day he received the threats, Alex Roberto Sabillón Gómez had reported on increases in water rates and human rights violations against street vendors and market tenants.