Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries for journalists: Press freedom NGO
Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world to practise journalism, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation’s (FLIP) 2012 report.
Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world to practise journalism, according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation’s (FLIP) 2012 report.
Colombia, while still being one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist, made some important forward steps in 2012 according to a “state of…
A new report by Colombia’s Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) stands as a stark reminder of just how dangerous the journalistic profession is in this country, bringing a solemnity to…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, outlined its conditions for the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois via Twitter on Sunday. The group, which confirmed it was holding the journalist in a…
A Colombian journalist was shot dead in broad daylight Thursday on a street in western Colombia, reported Colombian media. Argemiro Cardenas Agudelo was manager of Metro Radio in Dosquebradas, the…
A Colombian journalist responsible for a video of police violently breaking up a protest is in hiding after receiving multiple death threats. Bladimir Espitia was forced to go into hiding…
Threats towards journalists around Colombia are on the rise, said the country’s Foundation for the Freedom of Press (FLIP) Wednesday. Executive Director of FLIP Andres Morales told Colombia Reports that…
A Medellin-based journalist from newspaper El Espectador was forced to leave the country after months of receiving threats on her life, the newspaper announced Tuesday. Mary Luz Avendaño had been…
The Uribe administration on Tuesday stressed its support for a free and independent press in Colombia, following criticisms of the state of journalistic freedom in the Andean nation. A government press release…