Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP

(FLIP/IFEX) – On 20 September 2002, Barranquilla Mayor Humberto Caiafa refused to grant an interview to Myriam Peña, a journalist with the radio programme “Atlántico en Noticias”. The mayor said that the programme “did not report objectively” on the Barranquilla municipal government’s administration. The city of Barranquilla is located on Colombia’s northern coast. The incident […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – On 16 September 2002, the seventh judge of the Bogotá Specialised Court stated that he would not be able to rule on the case of journalist Jaime Garzon’s assassination, which occurred on 13 August 1999 in Bogotá. Subsequently, the case will be moved out of the jurisdiction of the specialised court, which tries […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – On 16 September 2002, Américo Viáfara, a 39 year-old journalist, was assassinated in Cali, a city in the western part of Colombia. The murder occurred at 7:15 p.m. (local time) while Viáfara and two other men were travelling through the José Holguín Garcés neighbourhood on the Simon Bolívar highway. The two men, aged […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a 10 September 2002 FLIP press release: Report on press freedom violations, August 2002 The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) has released a report on press freedom violations in August 2002. The report points to the critical situation for press freedom in Colombia. During August, FLIP’s Network of Alerts and […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – Small riots and disturbances broke out at the Medellín sports stadium on 4 August 2002 just minutes after the end of a soccer match between the teams Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) and Junior de Barranquilla. During these disturbances, Henry Agudelo, a press photographer for the daily “El Colombiano”, was threatened by Roberto Carlos […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a 9 August 2002 FLIP press release. An English version of FLIP’s report is not available: Report on press freedom violations, July 2002 The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) has released a report on press freedom violations in July 2002. The report points to the critical situation for press freedom […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – On 6 August 2002, an “El Tiempo Café” newspaper news crew was kidnapped in the municipality of Mistrato, Risaralda department. Abducted were legal affairs editor Iván Noguera, 47 years old, 28-year-old photographer Héctor Fabio Zamora, and their driver, John Henry Gomez, 34 years old. They were released on the following day but did […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – Elizabeth Obando, who was responsible for the distribution of the regional newspaper “El Nuevo Día” in Roncesvalles municipality, Tolima department, died on 13 July 2002 as a result of injuries sustained at a roadblock. On 11 July, Obando was travelling on a bus in Playarrica (Tolima) when delinquents intercepted the vehicle, forced her […]