Articles by Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP
Another journalist flees into exile
(FLIP/IFEX) – Journalist Carlos Lajud, of the Bogotá station City TV, owned by El Tiempo publishing house, and Astrid Legarda, journalist for Canal RCN television station, have left Colombia after receiving threats from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) guerrillas. Legarda left the country on 3 July 2002, after a […]
FLIP releases report on press freedom violations in May and June 2002
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a 15 July 2002 FLIP press release. An English version of FLIP’s report is not available: Report on press freedom violations – May and June 2002 The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) has released a report on press freedom violations in May and June 2002. The report highlights the following […]
Press under threat in Barrancabermeja
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 9 July 2002, at 2:00 p.m. (local time), Anyela Muñoz, director of the weekly “El Vocero” in the city of Barrancabermeja, was held up by two men. The incident comes on the heels of threats issued by the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC) paramilitaries against the local […]
FLIP publishes report on free expression during election campaign
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a 14 June 2002 FLIP press release: Report on elections and freedom of expression in Colombia FLIP, the Antonio Nariño Project (PAN) and the Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) have published a report on the elections and freedom of expression in Colombia. The report highlights the limitations placed on […]
Television station reporter receives death threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – In early May, national television station RCN received news that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had ordered journalist Astrid María Legarda Martínez’s assassination in reprisal for her reporting. According to the journalist and the television station’s director Alvaro García, the source of the news is reliable, but was not revealed for […]
Journalist in critical condition after attack
(FLIP/IFEX) – Colombia’s press continues to be affected by the armed conflict plaguing the country. In 2001, 56 journalists were threatened and 10 were forced to flee the country. A series of attacks have resulted in self-censorship and impacted on the quality of information. On the morning of 30 January 2002, a car bomb exploded […]
Journalists in Nariño department threatened by the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia
(FLIP/IFEX) – On 9 November 2001, FLIP reported that once again, paramilitary groups want to silence the Colombian press. FLIP publicly condemned the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC), who continue to harass the national media. In a 9 November 2001 press release, the AUC threatened three journalists and a cameraman […]
FLIP condemns journalist’s assassination in San Pablo-Bolívar
(FLIP/IFEX) – Early in the morning of Monday 16 July 2001, community leader and local communicator Eduardo Estrada Gutierrez was assassinated in the municipality of San Pablo, in the Bolívar department. Estrada Gutierrez was the president of the Association for the Development of Communications and Culture in San Pablo (Asociacion para el Desarrollo de la […]