Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Radio journalist shot dead in Yumbo
(FLIP/IFEX) – Milton Fabián Sánchez, a journalist with the radio station Yumbo Estéreo, was murdered on 9 August 2006 in Yumbo, a city in southeastern Colombia. The journalist was on his way home at approximately 10:30 p.m. (local time) when he was approached by two attackers that shot him twice from a motorcycle. Seriously wounded, […]
Magazine faces legal action over photographs and article about Christ
(FLIP/IFEX) ? The following is a 2 August 2006 FLIP statement: “Soho” magazine faces legal action On 26 July 2006, the public hearing in the case of the magazine “Soho”, during which the judge was to decide whether or not to initiate legal proceedings against the magazine’s director and other collaborators of the publication, was […]
FLIP declared a “military target” by paramilitary group; columnist receives similar threat
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 7 June 2006, several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including FLIP, received an e-mail message signed by the “Free Colombia Democratic Front” (“Frente Democrático Colombia Libre”). This threat follows others of a similar nature sent to the University of Antioquia, the National University, columnist Iván Cepeda and a human rights lawyers’ group, the Colectivo […]
Former mayor and two paramilitary group members charged over 2003 murder of journalist
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is an 8 June 2006 FLIP press release: Colombia release – Former mayor and two paramilitary group members charged over 2003 murder of journalist The Prosecutor General’s Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) has pressed charges against two members of right-wing paramilitary groups for the 6 April 2003 murder of journalist […]
Three journalists subject to public denunciations by political figures in Ibagué
(FLIP/IFEX) – Three journalists of the programme “La Cariñosa” broadcast on Colombia’s national radio network (Radio Cadena Nacional, RCN) in the city of Ibagué, Tolima department, have been subjected to verbal and written attacks by the secretary of the Liberal Party for the department, Rubiel Espinosa Triana. In various letters sent by the political figure […]
Three Barranquilla-based journalists receive phony bomb packages
(FLIP/IFEX) – Gustavo Bell Lemus, the editor of “El Heraldo de Barranquilla” newspaper, as well as two of that newspaper’s columnists, Ernesto McCausland Sojo and Armando Benedetti Jimeno, received threats in the form of packages containing mock bombs. The cardboard boxes contained various wires, a watch, and a condolence card. The first two packages were […]
Indigenous radio station directors among four media personnel detained, television news team threatened during indigenous protests in south
(FLIP/IFEX) – FLIP is concerned about several acts of aggression against journalists in the Cauca and Huila departments during indigenous marches against the Free Trade Deal (FTA) and other public policies of concern to these communities in the country’s south. In Cauca department: At least four media personnel from Cauca have been illegally held since […]
Reuters photographer assaulted by police officer
(FLIP/IFEX) – Daniel Muñoz, a photographer with the international news agency Reuters, was attacked by a police officer during the 2 May 2006 disturbances associated with the transit strike in the capital city of Bogotá. The incident took place in the environs of one of the stations of the mass transit system “Transmilenio” in the […]