Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Journalist and camera operator kidnapped
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 10 October 2004, Luis Carlos Burbano Carvajal, a Caracol Noticias Televisión station correspondent in Nariño department, and his camera operator, Mauricio Mesa Lancheros, were kidnapped by members of the Jacinto Matallana unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo, FARC-EP) guerrilla group. The incident […]
“Semana” magazine receives threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 2 October 2004, “Semana” magazine published an editorial in which it reported that it had received threats and that state security personnel are tapping the mobile and home telephones of some of the magazine’s journalists. “Semana” has a policy of not publishing editorials, but in this case decided to make an exception […]
News director forced to flee home after learning of planned attack
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 9 September 2004, Luis Alberto Castaño Martínez, news director for the Café 93.5 FM community radio station in Líbano, Tolima department, central Colombia, was forced to leave the municipality where he lives after discovering that illegal armed groups were planning an attack against him. Castaño Martínez directs the municipality’s only radio news […]
Journalist threatened in Bogotá
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 7 and 8 September 2004, journalist and human rights investigator Claudia Julieta Duque received threatening telephone calls. The callers, whose voices were recorded on her answering machine, referred to her as a “damn stupid woman” and as “gonorrhoea”. According to Duque, in addition to the threatening telephone calls, she has also been […]
Press freedom organisations express concern about journalist’s situation in Cúcuta
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a 16 June 2004 joint press release: International Federation of Journalists’ Solidarity Centre (Centro de Solidaridad de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas, CESOFIP) Foundation for Press Freedom (Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, FLIP) Institute for Press and Society (Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS) Inter American Press Association’s Colombia […]
Journalists assaulted in Barrancabermeja
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 17 June 2004, a number of journalists reporting on a protest march near the Barrancabermeja city hall, in northeastern Colombia, were assaulted. The incident occurred during confrontations between the Workers’ Labour Union (Unión Sindical Obrera, USO) and the National Police Anti-Riot Squad (Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios, ESMAD). Journalist Luz Dary Inés Mora, of […]
News crew obstructed by police in Cúcuta
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 10 June 2004, journalist Cristian Herrera and photographer Carlos Patiño, of the daily “La Opinión”, based in the city of Cúcuta, northeastern Colombia, were prevented by police from carrying out their duties. The incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. (local time), in the Cúcuta airport, while the news crew was reporting on a […]
RCN radio journalists receive death threats in Cúcuta
(FLIP/IFEX) – A package recently delivered to the RCN radio station’s offices contained a threatening letter directed at journalists Olga Lucia Cotamo, Ángela Echeverri and Fernando Fonseca. An individual on a motorcycle reportedly dropped off the package on the night of 9 June 2004 and it was found by the station’s employees the next day. […]