Colombian journalist stabbed to death in Cartago
New York, September 5, 2007–Colombian journalist Javier Darío Arroyave was stabbed to death this morning in Cartago, a city in the western Valle del Cauca Province. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating possible links between Arroyave’s murder and his journalism. Arroyave, news director for the Cartago-based radio station Ondas del Valle and host of…
COLOMBIA: Bogotá journalist receives threats after probe
AUGUST 13, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Juan Pablo Monsalve, RCN THREATENED Monsalve, a Bogotá-based reporter for the nightly news program “La Noche” on national television station RCN, received multiple threatening calls after he did initial reporting on alleged government corruption in a small town in the northern Bolívar province. Monsalve told CPJ the piece…
COLOMBIA: Police attack photographer covering protest
June 27, 2007 Manuel Santiago Pérez, El Universal ATTACKED Pérez, a photojournalist for the Sincelejo-based daily El Universal, was attacked by five police officers while covering a taxi drivers’ protest in northwestern Sucre province, the photojournalist told CPJ.
COLOMBIA: Authorities detain and deport Ecuadorian TV crew
June 26, 2007 Freddy Barros, Ecuavisa Germán Picho, Ecuavisa Sergio Quiñaluisa, Ecuavisa Marcelo Orellana, Ecuavisa HARASSED, EXPELLED Reporters Barros and Orellana, cameraman Quiñaluisa, and assistant Picho of the Quito-based television station Ecuavisa were detained on the Colombian border with Ecuador and held for more than 10 hours before being deported, according to international press reports.…
COLOMBIA: Correspondent for US daily receives death threat
May 25, 2007 Gonzalo Guillén, El Nuevo Herald THREATENED An anonymous e-mail message was sent on May 25 to the offices of the Miami-based daily El Nuevo Herald, informing the paper that there was a plot to murder Guillén, the Herald’s Bogotá correspondent, the journalist told CPJ.
Radio journalist flees his home after guerrilla threats
New York, May 25, 2007—Colombian radio journalist Rodrigo Callejas has been forced to flee his home in the western Tolima province after receiving death threats from an alleged guerrilla commander. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Colombian authorities today to provide Callejas with the necessary protection to allow him to work without fear of…
CPJ urges Colombia to probe tapping of journalists’ phones
New York, May 15, 2007— The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Colombian authorities today to fully investigate the illegal tapping of journalists’ telephone lines. The government acknowledged on Monday that the national police have improperly listened in on the telephone conversations of public officials, opposition members, and journalists.