World Report 2008: Guatemala
3 April 2008
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Recent articles in Guatemala
“I will always keep fighting,” José Rubén Zamora tells CPJ before court orders him back to jail
Zamora was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in June 2023 on money laundering charges, which were widely criticized as politically motivated.
Guatemala: RSF welcomes court order for Jose Rubén Zamora’s release to house arrest, but calls for full and unconditional freedom
“We are hugely relieved that after more than 800 days, Jose Rubén Zamora’s hellish ordeal in a Guatemalan prison has finally been brought to an end with the court decision for his release to house arrest. But let’s be clear: house arrest is not freedom. It is another form of detention” – RSF
Guatemala: We demand the immediate release of José Rubén Zamora
Eight hundred days after the arrest of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín, the organisations ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Free Press Unlimited, Freedom House, Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Fundamedios, Protection International Mesoamérica, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the IFEX-ALC network reaffirm the urgent demand for the prompt and unconditional release of the journalist and founder of elPeriódico.