Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Resumen de la FLIP sobre violaciones a la libertad de prensa en 2003
(FLIP/IFEX) – Lo que sigue es un comunicado de prensa de la FLIP, con fecha del 7 de enero de 2004: Resumen estadísticas violaciones a la Libertad de Prensa en 2003 Los corruptos principales agresores de periodistas colombianos El 2003 no fue un buen año para la libertad de prensa. Se mantuvo el promedio de […]
Columnist fined and sentenced to three days in jail
(FLIP/IFEX) – Lisandro Duque, a columnist and film director, has been sentenced to three days in jail and a fine equal to five months’ minimum salary (approximately 1,620,000 pesos; US$576) for having failed to comply with a judicial order. On 13 April 2003, Duque published certain accusations against the director of the Proimégenes en Movimiento […]
Journalist detained by police in Norte de Santander
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 30 November 2003, Ricardo Perea Vargas, a journalist for the environmental issues magazine “Regeneracción”, was detained by officers of the National Police’s intelligence unit (Seccional de Inteligencia Judicial Investigativa de la Policía Nacional, SIJIN) at a checkpoint close to Los Patios municipality, in Norte de Santander department. According to information obtained by […]
Journalist harassed by military official
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 27 November 2003, Beatriz Elena Mantilla, a correspondent for the daily “Vanguardia Liberal”, based in Barrancabermeja, received a telephone call from the Nueva Granada battalion commander, Colonel Ricardo Bernal. According to the journalist, Bernal said, “As of today, I declare you a ‘persona non grata’ in the battalion and I myself am […]
Human rights worker receives death threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – FLIP condemns all threats and harassment against individuals who disseminate information related to human rights issues. The latest victim is Adriana Cuéllar, head of communications for the “José Alvear Restrepo” Lawyers’ Collective (Colectivo de Abogados “José Alvear Restrepo”). Three threatening messages have been left on the answering machine at Cuéllar’s residence. The threats […]
Journalists threatened in Barrancabermeja
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 22 October 2003, journalist Yaneth Montoya Martínez, a correspondent for the daily “Vanguardia Liberal”, based in the city of Barrancabermeja in northeastern Colombia, received a death threat. According to information obtained by FLIP, an anonymous caller phoned the Ombudsman’s Office and said the journalist was included in a list of individuals that […]
Journalists threatened
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 24 October 2003, a threatening message was delivered to the offices of the Noticolombia news programme, broadcast on the CNC local cable station, in Popayán, southern Colombia. The message was addressed at the programme’s reporters. The previous day, a news item aired on the programme alleged that a state-owned company’s fax machine […]
Journalist tortured and assassinated in Putumayo
(FLIP/IFEX) – Radio announcer José Nel Muñoz was reportedly killed on 5 October 2003, two kilometres from the settlement of Puerto Libertad in Putumayo department, in southern Colombia. Muñoz’s body was retrieved by his wife and five journalists from the area, who said that there were indications that he had been tortured and shot three […]