Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Barrancabermeja photojournalist receives threat, judge interferes in his work
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 18 March 2008 in Barrancabermeja, Santander department, “Vanguardia Liberal” newspaper photojournalist Alfredo Estévez was impeded in his work by a judge who made him erase photographs he took at a public hearing. The day after, he received a threat from an unidentified source. The reporter was covering a public hearing at the […]
Television journalists mistreated in Medellín and Bucaramanga while covering marches against violence
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 6 March 2008, during the “March against violence” – a day of marches in different parts of the country, organised to protest against violence – several news crews covering the events of the day were assaulted or abused in other ways by some of the demonstrators, who shouted insults against the media […]
Journalist kidnapped in La Guajira while covering literacy group’s activities; motives unknown; FARC deny responsibility
(FLIP/IFEX) – On the morning of 27 February 2008, an individual who identified himself as “Silfredo”, spokesman for the 59th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), Colombia’s largest and oldest guerrilla group, called Caracol Radio station in Riohacha, capital of the department of Guajira, and stated that […]
Two journalists victims of suspicious and intimidating surveillance in Barrancabermeja
(FLIP/IFEX) – Diro César González and his wife, Tatiana Marcela Sánchez, respectively the director and manager of “La Tarde” weekly newspaper, which is based in the city of Barrancabermeja, an oil port in Santander department, report that they were followed in a suspicious manner on 16 February 2008. This incident occurred amid irregularities in the […]
FLIP’s annual report documents 162 violations of press freedom in 2007
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is an 8 February 2008 FLIP press release: FLIP releases report on the press freedom situation in 2007 On the Day of the Journalist, 9 February 2008, FLIP releases “The Challenges of Reporting in Colombia”, its annual freedom of the press report for 2007. Since 1998, FLIP has monitored and documented […]
Córdoba newspaper employees receive death threats over reports on corruption
(FLIP/IFEX) – According to William Salleg Taboada, editor of the “El Meridiano de Córdoba” newspaper, which is distributed in a number of departments along Colombia’s northern coast, he and other employees of the newspaper have been receiving threats. The newspaper’s investigative team has been looking into irregularities in business dealings at the local and departmental […]
Municipal court affirms journalist’s right to information following mayor’s refusal
(FLIP/IFEX) – A municipal court in Caloto, Cauca, has ordered the mayor of the same municipality to turn over public information to a journalist who had requested it. The judge also noted in her ruling that, when citizens make such requests for information of a public office, they do not even need to explain the […]
Journalists threatened with death in pamphlet signed by paramilitary group
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 12 December 2007, the offices of the radio station Maravilla, in the city of Valledupar in Cesar department, received a pamphlet signed by the “Nuevas AUC-Cesar” (“AUC” is the acronym for the country’s largest paramilitary umbrella organisation). The pamphlet contained a list of 24 residents of the city designated as “military targets”, […]