The United Kingdom denied a visa to Colombian journalist Claudia Duque, British journalism organizations report.
Duque had been invited to the U.K. by the National Union of Journalists to give a speech about her work as a human rights reporter.
According to website journalism.co.uk, the Colombian had already received two awards while on tour in Europe, but was refused entrance to the U.K.
In Colombia, Duque allegedly has been a victim of illegal wiretapping by the country’s intelligence agency DAS and over the past few years survived murder attempts and received death threats when researching human rights violations.