27 August 2003

ICFJ SURVEY FINDS ALARMING CONDITIONS FOR LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS


An International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) study confirms that journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean face enormous obstacles in carrying out their work, especially when it comes to investigating government activity. Journalists' working conditions are particularly worrisome in Paraguay, El Salvador, Colombia and, surprisingly, Uruguay, one of the most solid democracies in the region, says ICFJ.

The survey of 368 journalists from 18 countries found high levels of repression of press freedom, including physical threats, criminal prosecutions, economic reprisals, censorship by the journalists' own editors and supervisors and self-censorship. ICFJ notes that "an exorbitant 12% of those surveyed responded that they or their colleagues had been sentenced to prison due to their reporting."

For more information, visit:
- ICFJ: http://www.icfj.org/libertad-prensa/foetemplate.html


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