Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Radio station owner in La Dorada threatened and forced to flee the region; radio station in Puerto Asís attacked
(FLIP/IFEX) – Journalist Claudio Gomajoa Buesaquillo, owner of La Dorada Estéreo radio station, based in La Dorada municipality, 90 km from Puerto Asís, capital of Putumayo department, southern Colombia, was forced to flee the region after receiving threats from paramilitaries. The threats appear to be connected to information the journalist broadcast on the radio station […]
FARC guerrilla group claims responsibility for attack on RCN Radio and Television
(FLIP/IFEX) – In a 24 February 2005 press release, the Manuel Cepeda Vargas Urban Unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) claimed responsibility for a recent attack on the RCN Radio and Television building in Cali. The guerrilla group accused RCN of “taking sides in the war”, in […]
Journalist in Tame threatened and forced to flee the region
(FLIP/IFEX) – Edwin Alberto Moreno Mojica, a journalist and host of the “Informativo 88.3” radio programme, broadcast by a community radio station in Tame municipality, Arauca department, northeastern Colombia, has been forced to leave the region as a result of threats he was receiving. On 12 January 2005, before the broadcast of his programme, which […]
Car bomb explodes in front of RCN building in Cali; photojournalist assassinated
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 20 February 2005, at 10:15 p.m. (local time), a car bomb exploded in front of the RCN radio and television building in Cali, capital of Valle de Cauca department, western Colombia. Radio Sucesos RCN station manager Jair Lenis told FLIP that 70 per cent of the building was destroyed. Ricardo Luna, a […]
La FLIP presenta informe anual sobre violaciones a la libertad de prensa en 2004
(FLIP/IFEX) – Lo que sigue es un resumen del Informe Anual de la FLIP sobre Violaciones a la Libertad de Prensa en 2004: Durante 2004, 77 periodistas fueron víctimas de algún tipo de agresión, un repartidor de periódico fue asesinado por buscar vender más copias de una noticia que había agotado los diarios, 2 periodistas […]
Journalist threatened in Valledupar
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 21 January 2005, Enrique Herrera Araujo, a columnist for “Vanguardia Liberal” newspaper in Cesar, was threatened. Three days later, the journalist wrote in his column, “I have been threatened in connection with my role as a writer for ‘Vanguardia Liberal’. I received the latest threat on Friday, when I was told that […]
Photojournalist kidnapped in Urabá
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 22 January 2005, 64-year-old photojournalist Hernán Echeverri Arboleda, who works with “Urabá Hoy” newspaper, was kidnapped. The kidnapping appears to have been carried out by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) guerrilla group and took place on the road between the Dabeiba and Mutatá […]
Photojournalist prevented from taking photographs at crime scene
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 21 December 2004, a public prosecutor in Pereira prevented photojournalist Paola Castaño, of “La Tarde” newspaper, from carrying out her work. Castaño was preparing to photograph a cadaver when the prosecutor in charge of the crime scene tried to snatch her camera and told her she could not take photographs. The official […]