Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
“El Heraldo” journalist assaulted and injured by individuals alleging authorities would also go after him
(FLIP/IFEX) – Barranquilla-based “El Heraldo” newspaper photojournalist Johnny Olivares was assaulted at mid-day on 1 April 2007 while covering recent cases being dealt with by the national forensic medicine institute (Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal). Two people threw stones at him, knocking him unconscious. His camera was damaged in the incident and Olivares was rendered […]
Journalist forced to flee Neiva region by death threats after reporting on alleged hospital corruption
(FLIP/IFEX) – Journalist Germán Hernández, director of “El Diario de Huila” newspaper’s investigative journalism unit, has left the city of Neiva, located in Colombia’s southwest, after receiving several death threats made to his cell phone. The threats were made from various pay telephone centres located near the newspaper’s facilities. Seven such calls were received, the […]
Exiled radio journalist was twice the target of assassination attempts, believes guerrillas behind threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – “Yes, I was obliged to flee the country on 9 March, and I did so discretely,” Darío Arizmendi, a news programme host on Caracol Radio, told FLIP on 20 March 2007. He also stated that he had survived two failed attempts on his life in the previous six months. The news of the […]
Photojournalist injured, television cameraman assaulted by police in Barrancabermeja
(FLIP/IFEX) – “Vanguardia Liberal” photojournalist José David Martínez was handcuffed and assaulted by police officers while he was trying to cover a failed attack on a public employee, and then falsely accused by the police of interference with the scene of the crime. When Enlace Televisión station cameraman John Jairo Herrera tried to film the […]
CAPSULE REPORT: Press worked in a “climate of terror” in 2006, says FLIP report
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 9 February 2007 FLIP press release: Press worked in a climate of terror: report on violations of press freedom in Colombia in 2006 The press made information available in the midst of a climate of terror. That sums up the Colombian media’s situation in 2006. […]
Several radio stations and a weekly forbidden by San Andrés judge to report on reopening of investigation into alleged corruption
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 5 February 2007, a criminal court judge in San Andrés, the capital of the San Andrés y Providencia department, ordered several local media outlets to not report on a court order reopening an investigation into alleged corruption. The gag order applies to five radio stations – RCN Radio, Caracol Radio, La Voz […]
Court rules “El Heraldo” newspaper can publish information on allegations of company’s paramilitary links and municipal corruption
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 5 February 2007 FLIP report: On 1 February 2007, the Second Criminal Court of Barranquilla (Juzgado Segundo Penal de Barranquilla), which had previously issued a temporary gag order forbidding “El Heraldo” to continue reporting on alleged links between a local company and paramilitary groups, ruled […]
Liberal politician alleged to be mastermind of journalist’s murder still free five years later
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 1 February 2002, Orlando Sierra, sub-director of “La Patria” newspaper, which is based in to the city of Manizales, was murdered. Five years later, the masterminds of the crime are still free. In September 2006, Ferney Tabasco González – director of the Liberal Party for the Caldas department and a former Congress […]