Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Prominent journalists meet with vice-president and other authorities after receiving death threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a joint statement by FLIP, the International Federation of Journalists’ Solidarity Centre (Centro de Solidaridad de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas, CESOFIP), Institute for Press and Society (Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporteros Sin Fronteras, RSF): On 16 May 2005, journalists Carlos Lozano, Daniel Coronell […]
Media in Cartago silenced by fears municipal advertising contracts will be withheld
(FLIP/IFEX) – The Ondas del Valle radio station, which broadcasts in Cartago, Valle del Cauca department in western Colombia, has cancelled its public affairs programme “Como les parece”. During the final edition of the programme, which was broadcast on 10 May 2005, programme host Javier Darío Arroyave stated, “I have decided to suspend, at least […]
Photographer assaulted by Pereira university students
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 1 May 2005 Ariel Díaz Jaramillo, a freelance photographer working for the country’s largest daily, “El Tiempo”, was assaulted by university students in Pereira, a city in the coffee belt in the centre-west of the country. Díaz was taking photographs of the various May Day demonstrations by trade unionists and students. Although […]
Journalist released from prison but under house arrest; fears for his life
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 29 April 2005 journalist Emiro Goyeneche returned to his home in the town of Saravena, Arauca in northeastern Colombia. After being imprisoned for 20 months on charges of “rebellion”, he was granted house arrest until the judge hearing his case hands down a verdict. Goyeneche told FLIP he is worried about the […]
Ibagué radio journalist receives death threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 26 April 2005, journalist Gilberto Martínez Prado, director of the Colmundo Radio news programme, received a death threat in the southern city of Ibagué (Tolima). Upon arriving at the radio station at 12:30 p.m. (local time) he found a “sufragio” – a note written in the format of the traditional sympathy cards […]
Photojournalist released
(FLIP/IFEX) – Hernán Echeverri Arboleda, a photojournalist and contributor to the regional newspaper “Urabá Hoy”, was released on 17 April 2005 along the highway that links Dabeiba to Medellín, the capital of Antioquia department. Echeverri was kidnapped on 22 January by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC). […]
Radio stations in Florencia come under attack
(FLIP/IFEX) – In the early morning of 13 March 2005, broadcast facilities belonging to the Cristalina Estéreo and Espléndida Estéreo radio stations came under attack. The two stations are based in Florencia, capital of Caquetá department, southern Colombia. The incident took place in the village of Santo Domingo, located eight kilometres from Florencia. Several armed […]
Broadcast station destroyed in Putumayo
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 2 March 2005, a broadcast station owned by the RCN and Caracol television stations was destroyed. The incident took place at kilometre 14, on the road between Mocoa and Pasto, in Putumayo department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. According to information obtained by FLIP, several heavily-armed men overpowered the station’s […]