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 2009-10-20
Mayor of Yondó, Antioquia, lashes out against journalist
The mayor of Yondó, Antioquia department, has made serious allegations against journalist Teobaldo Resalte, the editor of the weekly "La Verdad" in the neighbouring municipality of Barrancabermeja, Sa...
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2009-10-16
Journalists in Montelíbano, Córdoba, receive death threats in lead up to referendum
Several journalists in Montelíbano, Córdoba department, on Colombia's northern coast, have received death threats associated with a campaign calling for Mayor Édinson Rangel Aguas to step down from hi...
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2009-05-18
Journalist leaves "El Colombiano" daily
In his weekly column on 14 May 2009, journalist Javier Darío Restrepo announced that he would be leaving the Medellín daily "El Colombiano". After 17 years writing for the paper, its management notifi...
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Report - The state of press freedom in Colombia: January - June 2007
Sixty seven violations of press freedom were reported during this period, of which around 124 journalists and media outlets were victims. Threats were the most frequent violation, adding a total of 36 in different regions of the country. The risk factors that generated the threats during this period continue to be the coverage of the armed conflict and of administrative corruption.
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Report - Impunity following the investigation of press freedom violations in Colombia
Lost years and very little progress. This is how the results of the legal investigations into press freedom violations in Colombia, especially those related to the murder of journalists, could be summarized. Far from generating precedents about the importance of protecting the fundamental right to information and opinion in Colombia, the numbers show a discouraging prospect.
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Report - Journalism in Buenaventura
FLIP visited Buenaventura, after registering a high index of violence against the journalists and civilians. There, self-censorship and fear taint the practice of journalism. According to FLIP's analysis, Valle del Cauca is the department with the second highest rate of press freedom violations. From 2003 to mid-2007, 50 violations were documented; 35 journalists were threatened, 5 of whom fled into exile; and 3 journalists were killed.
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