Death threats against journalists in Colombia have spiked so far this year, according to the press freedom foundation. Newspaper El Espectador reported Monday that the Prosecutor General’s Office promised to…
The bodies of three reporters who were kidnapped in Ecuador and killed in Colombia earlier this year were flown to Quito where they received a hero’s welcome. The return home…
Despite the signing of a historic peace deal between the government and FARC rebels, press freedom in Colombia decreased over the past year, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). According…
Some 150 journalists were threatened in 2017, according to Colombia’s press freedom foundation FLIP, which registered a record number of attacks on press freedom in the country. The FLIP on…
A “human error” spurred the controversial ruling by Colombia’s Supreme Court that ordered a business magazine to reveal confidential information that led to a story on the “questionable behavior” of…
Colombia’s anti-riot police (ESMAD) on Sunday killed an indigenous journalist engaged in a protest over land ownership in the southwest of the country. Members of the Kokonuko peoples have been…
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Twitter took his aggressive behavior against journalists another step further on Friday, calling a satirical columnist a “child molester” on Twitter. Uribe’s outburst followed a…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Colombian press freedom foundation FLIP have complained journalists are being obstructed by authorities when trying to report on the demobilization of FARC guerrillas. According to…
Press freedom in Colombia has slightly improved contrary to a global trend of reduced freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual World Press Freedom Index. The RSF expressed a…