Articles - Guatemala
25 May 2011
Guatemala / Venezuela
Two journalists killed in one week
Last week, a Guatemalan television journalist who had been repeatedly threatened for his reporting was found dead and a Venezuelan political journalist was gunned down, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
28 October 2009
Guatemala
Journalists under threat from crime groups
Drug traffickers are on the hunt for journalists in Guatemala for reporting on the killing of three people, presumably by members of crime groups, reports Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA).
10 June 2009
Guatemala
Journalist killed by unidentified assailant
TV reporter Marco Antonio Estrada was shot down in Chiquimula, Guatemala just as he was stepping off his motorcycle on 8 June, report the Journalists' Observatory of the Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
6 February 2009
Guatemala
DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX DÉNONCENT LA VIOLENCE CROISSANTE DIRIGÉE CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES
6 February 2009
Guatemala
MIEMBROS DE IFEX DENUNCIAN AUMENTO EN VIOLENCIA CONTRA PERIODISTAS
4 February 2009
Guatemala
IFEX MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION SITUATION IN GUATEMELA
IFEX members and participants in the "Regional meeting of Latin American freedom of expression organisations" organised by the IFEX Clearing House, issued a press statement appealing to the Guatemala government to work with civil society organisations to guarantee the protection of journalists, whose lives are increasingly under threat by drug cartels and organized criminals.
31 October 2008
Guatemala
DISEÑADOR GRÁFICO MUERTO CON BALLESTA
31 October 2008
Guatemala
UN CONCEPTEUR GRAPHIQUE EST ASSASSINÉ AU MOYEN D'UNE ARBALÈTE
29 October 2008
Guatemala
GRAPHIC DESIGNER KILLED BY CROSSBOW
A graphic designer for a national daily in Guatemala was killed after being hit in the chest by an arrow fired from a crossbow, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS).
22 August 2008
Guatemala
LA RADIODIFFUSION COMMUNAUTAIRE ATTAQUÉE DANS TROIS PAYS, MAIS PROMUE EN URUGUAY
16 May 2008
Guatemala
REPORTERO BALEADO DESPUÉS DE RECIBIR AMENAZAS
16 May 2008
Guatemala
UN REPORTER EST ABATTU APRÈS AVOIR ÉTÉ MENACÉ
13 May 2008
Guatemala
REPORTER GUNNED DOWN AFTER RECEIVING THREATS
A newspaper correspondent was gunned down in his home in southern Guatemala just weeks after receiving threats, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
11 April 2008
Guatemala
GOBIERNO ACUERDA LEY DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
11 April 2008
Guatemala
LE GOUVERNEMENT CONSENT À UNE LOI SUR L'ACCÈS À L'INFORMATION
8 April 2008
Guatemala
GOVERNMENT AGREES TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW
Guatemala's government has committed to enacting an access to information law, reports the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
20 December 2007
Guatemala
UN REPORTER DE LA RADIO EST ASSASSINÉ
20 December 2007
Guatemala
REPORTERO DE RADIO ASESINADO
18 December 2007
Guatemala
RADIO REPORTER MURDERED
A young radio announcer was found dead in Guatemala last week, only two months after he started working at a local station, reports the Centre of Informative Reports on Guatemala (Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala, CERIGUA).
16 March 2007
Guatemala
NUEVA LEY SOCAVA ESTACIONES DE RADIO COMUNITARIAS
16 March 2007
Guatemala
UNE NOUVELLE LOI MENAÇANTE POUR LES STATIONS DE RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE
14 March 2007
Guatemala
NEW LAW UNDERMINES COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) has formally complained to the Organization of American States (OAS) that a recent Guatemalan decree threatens freedom of expression, indigenous cultural rights and peasant communities. On 8 February, the government approved a decree "to resolve the issue of illegal radio stations" that reinforces the practice of closing unlicenced community radio stations and imprisoning their operators.
28 September 2006
Guatemala
LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES SÈMENT L'INQUIÉTUDE
15 September 2006
Guatemala
AGRESIONES CONTRA PERIODISTAS CAUSAN ALARMA
13 September 2006
Guatemala
ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS CAUSE ALARM
The Centre for Reports on Guatemala (Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala), the Institute for Press and Society (Instituto Prensa y Sociedad), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have voiced concerns over a series of attacks on journalists in Guatemala. In the past three weeks, a reporter has been murdered, another shot and two others threatened.
5 April 2006
Guatemala
DES STATIONS DE RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE SONT CIBLÉES
23 March 2006
Guatemala
ATACAN ESTACIONES DE RADIO COMUNITARIAS
22 March 2006
Guatemala
COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS TARGETED
In Guatemala, community radio stations play a key role in bringing news and information to rural indigenous communities, a role recognised in the 1996 Peace Accords that officially ended decades of brutal civil conflict. However, in a country where authorities charge exhorbitant fees for broadcast frequencies, the majority of community radio stations cannot afford licences and operate illegally.
17 February 2006
Guatemala
SUPREMA CORTE DEROGA LEYES DE "DESACATO"
16 February 2006
Guatemala
LA COUR SUPRÊME CASSE LES LOIS SUR LES INSULTES
8 February 2006
Guatemala
SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN INSULT LAWS
Guatemela's highest court has ruled that laws criminalising expression considered offensive to public officials are unconstitutional and an affront to freedom of expression, a move hailed by IFEX members.
3 December 2005
Guatemala
FUTURO DE RADIO COMUNITARIA EN RIESGO EN GUATEMALA
30 November 2005
Guatemala
L'avenir de la radio communautaire est en péril au Guatemala
23 November 2005
Guatemala
Future of Community Radio at Risk in Guatemala
22 November 2005
16 September 2005
Guatemala
CERIGUA DOCUMENTA ATAQUES CONTRA PERIODISTAS GUATEMALTECOS
16 September 2005
Guatemala
LE CERIGUA DOCUMENTE LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES GUATÉMALTÈQUES
14 September 2005
Guatemala
CERIGUA DOCUMENTS ATTACKS ON GUATEMALAN JOURNALISTS
CERIGUA (Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala) has released a new report on the state of free expression in Guatemala which shows how dangerous it continues to be for journalists in the country.
29 July 2005
Guatemala
LÍDER DEL CONGRESO APOYA PROYECTO DE LEY DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
29 July 2005
Guatemala
UN DIRIGEANT DU CONGRÈS APPUIE LE PROJET DE LOI SUR LACCÈS À LINFORMATION
27 July 2005
Guatemala
CONGRESS LEADER SUPPORTS ACCESS TO INFORMATION BILL
The head of Guatemala's Congress has declared his support for a law guaranteeing citizens and journalists the right to access government information, reports the Center for Information on Guatemala (Centro de Reportes Informativos sobra Guatemala, CERIGUA).
27 June 2005
Guatemala
LA COUR SUPRÊME SUSPEND LES LOIS SUR LES INSULTES
22 June 2005
Guatemala
TOP COURT RULES AGAINST INSULT LAWS
Guatemala moved a step closer towards decriminalising press offences last week with a decision by the country's top court to temporarily suspend "desacato", or insult, provisions in the Penal Code, report the Guatemalan Association of Journalists (Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala, APG), the World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
8 October 2004
Guatemala
UN JOURNALISTE EST TUÉ, UN AUTRE MENACÉ
8 October 2004
Guatemala
PERIODISTA ASESINADO, OTRO AMENAZADO
6 October 2004
Guatemala
JOURNALIST KILLED, ANOTHER THREATENED
Seven years after Guatemala's civil war ended with the signing of peace accords in 1996, the country remains dangerous for journalists. Last week, the leader of a journalists' association was murdered and a magazine reporter received death threats, reports Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA).
14 July 2004
Guatemala
LE RAPPORTEUR SPÉCIAL DE L'OEA POUR LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION RENCONTRE DES JOURNALISTES GUATÉMALTÈQUES
9 July 2004
Guatemala
RELATOR DE OEA SE REÚNE CON PERIODISTAS GUATEMALTECOS
7 July 2004
Guatemala
OAS RAPPORTEUR MEETS WITH GUATEMALAN JOURNALISTS
For rural-based journalists in Guatemala, reporting the news can be a dangerous occupation in a country where attacks on the press are common and impunity rife. They can turn to the international community for protection, however. That was the message Eduardo Bertoni, the Organization of American States' Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, brought to journalists in Guatemala last month, reports CERIGUA.
31 October 2003
Guatemala
QUATRE JOURNALISTES SONT ENLEVÉS DANS UN CLIMAT D'INTIMIDATION
31 October 2003
Guatemala
CUATRO PERIODISTAS SECUESTRADOS EN CLIMA DE INTIMIDACIÓN
29 October 2003
Guatemala
FOUR JOURNALISTS KIDNAPPED AMID CLIMATE OF INTIMIDATION
Freedom of expression in Guatemala is under the spotlight this week, following the kidnapping of four Guatemalan journalists from the daily "Prensa Libre" by former paramilitary fighters in La Libertad.
18 July 2003
Guatemala
DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX ATTIRENT L'ATTENTION SUR LES AGRESSIONS CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES
15 July 2003
Guatemala
IFEX MEMBERS CALL ATTENTION TO ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS
As Guatemala prepares for presidential elections in November, IFEX members are calling attention to an increasing number of attacks and threats against journalists. Journalists Against Corruption (Periodistas frente a la corrupción, PFC) says there have been 18 attacks in the past seven months, half of them occurring in June and July. Four of the cases involved members of the independent news agency Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA), whose director, Ileana Alamilla, heads the Association of Guatemalan Journalists' (APG) Press Freedom Committee.
27 May 2003
Guatemala
RADIO JOURNALIST KILLED, ANOTHER THREATENED
The Press Freedom Committee of the Guatemalan Journalists Association (Comisión de Libertad de Prensa de la Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala, APG) has condemned the murder of radio journalist Milton Oswaldo Martínez, whose body was found in the department of Huehuetenango on 25 May.
25 March 2003
Guatemala
MONTRE PEU D?EMPRESSEMENT À ENQUÊTER SUR LES AGRESSIONS CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES
25 March 2003
Guatemala
GOBIERNO ES LENTO PARA INVESTIGAR ATAQUES CONTRA PERIODISTAS
25 March 2003
Guatemala
GOV'T SLOW TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS
Guatemala continues to face a lack of political will to investigate attacks on journalists and end harassment of community broadcasters and print media, says the Press Freedom Commission of the Guatemalan Association of Journalists (Comision de Libertad de Prensa de la Asociacion de Periodistas de Guatemala, APG).
28 January 2003
Guatemala
LES AUTORITÉS HARCÈLENT LA PRESSE INDÉPENDANTE
28 January 2003
Guatemala
AUTORIDADES ACOSAN PRENSA INDEPENDIENTE
28 January 2003
Guatemala
AUTHORITIES HARASS INDEPENDENT PRESS
The Guatemalan Association of Journalists' Press Freedom Committee (Asociacion de Periodistas de Guatemala, APG), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the Inter American Press Association have called on Guatemalan authorities to end harassment of the independent press, following reports that journalists received death threats for reporting on corruption and tax officials demanded that a newspaper publisher hand over its archived records.
4 June 2002
Guatemala
DICE QUE SITUACIÓN DE DERECHOS HUMANOS ES "GRAVE"
4 June 2002
Guatemala
DES NATIONS UNIES JUGE ?SÉRIEUSE? LA SITUATION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE
4 June 2002
Guatemala
UN ENVOY SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION "SERIOUS"
The United Nations' Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders has declared Guatemala's human rights situation "serious" and demanded the government investigate paramilitary groups' threats against human rights workers, reports the Center of Informative Reports on Guatemala (Centro de Reportes Informativos Sobre Guatemala, CERIGUA).
5 February 2002
Guatemala
COMPETENCIA DEL MERCADO AMENAZA LA RADIO COMUNITARIA
5 February 2002
Guatemala
LES LOIS DU MARCHÉ MENACENT LA RADIO COMMUNAUTAIRE
5 February 2002
Guatemala
MARKET COMPETITION THREATENS COMMUNITY RADIO
The Guatemalan government has announced plans to reopen a public auction for the granting of 14 radio broadcasting frequencies, despite recommendations by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that the government guarantee equal opportunity and access to all social sectors, report the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and CERIGUA (Centre of Informative Reports on Guatemala). AMARC says allowing public bidding on frequencies, whereby the highest bidder wins, excludes sectors of the population who are unable to compete on an equal economic footing.
11 December 2001
Guatemala
SIP RECHAZA NUEVA LEY DE COLEGIACIÓN OBLIGATORIA
11 December 2001
Guatemala
LA SIP REJETTE LA NOUVELLE LOI SUR L?IMMATRICULATION OBLIGATOIRE
11 December 2001
Guatemala
IAPA REJECTS NEW MANDATORY LICENSING LAW
A new law requiring mandatory licensing of journalists should be scrapped because it eliminates the constitutional right to freedom of thought, says the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
27 November 2001
Guatemala
CIDH PROMETE EXAMINAR CONDICIONES DE PRENSA
27 November 2001
Guatemala
L?IACHR PROMET D?EXAMINER LES CONDITIONS D?EXERCICE DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
27 November 2001
Guatemala
IACHR PROMISES TO EXAMINE PRESS CONDITIONS
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has promised to examine the situation of the press in Guatemala next January and demand that the government of Alfonso Portillo "put an end to the threats, intimidations and assassinations plaguing the press in Guatemala," reports CERIGUA (Centre of Informative Reports on Guatemala). The pledge follows the presentation of a report to IACHR by a delegation of Guatemalan organisations led by Asociacion de Periodistas de Guatemala (APG) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).
11 September 2001
Guatemala
PERIODISTA ASESINADO MIENTRAS MISIÓN DE SIP SE REUNE CON FUNCIONARIOS GUBERNAMEN
11 September 2001
Guatemala
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ AU MOMENT OÙ LA MISSION DE LA SIP RENCONTRAIT DES R
11 September 2001
Guatemala
JOURNALIST MURDERED AS IAPA MISSION MEETS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Jorge Mynor Alegria, a radio journalist for Guatemala's Radio Amatique station, was murdered near his house in the port city of Puerto Barrios on 5 September 2001, report the Guatemalan Journalists Association (APG) and the International Press Institute (IPI).
7 August 2001
Guatemala
CONTINÚAN AMENAZAS E INTIMIDACIÓN CONTRA PERIODISTAS
7 August 2001
Guatemala
MENACES ET MAN?UVRES D?INTIMIDATION INCESSANTES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES
7 August 2001
Guatemala
THREATS AND INTIMIDATION AGAINST JOURNALISTS CONTINUE
Journalists in Guatemala continue to face threats and, in some cases, actual violence, according to reports from the Press Freedom Committee of the Guatemalan Journalists Association (APG), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the Human Rights Section for Latin America of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
27 February 2001
Guatemala
PERIÓDICO ATACADO DESPUÉS DE INFORMES ACERCA DE CORRUPCIÓN EN GOBIERNO
27 February 2001
Guatemala
APRÈS LA PUBLICATION DE REPORTAGES SUR LA CORRUPTION AU SEIN DU GOUVERNEMENT
27 February 2001
Guatemala
NEWSPAPER UNDER ATTACK AFTER REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
The Guatemala City daily "elPeriodico" has been subjected to an angry mob attack on its offices, along with a radio and TV campaign against it, in the wake of its coverage of high-level government corruption, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI), and Reporters sans frontières (RSF).
27 June 2000
Guatemala
LE CERIGUA REÇOIT DES MENACES DE MORT
27 June 2000
Guatemala
AMENAZAN DE MUERTE A PERSONAL DE CERIGUA
27 June 2000
Guatemala
CERIGUA RECEIVES DEATH THREATS
On 23 June, workers at the headquarters of the Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (Cerigua) received telephone death threats, according to information obtained by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE). At approximately 1:50 pm, a female voice warned one of the reporters that "we know where you are and we're going to kill you."
18 April 2000
Guatemala
RELATOR ESPECIAL DE OEA EVALÚA ESTADO DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
18 April 2000
Guatemala
ÉVALUE LA SITUATION DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
18 April 2000
Guatemala
OAS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ASSESSES STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM
While democratic advances have significantly contributed to the advance of free expression in Guatemala, the possible existence of a media monopoly of the country's television stations should be investigated, said Organisation of American States (OAS) Special Rapporteur for Free Expression Santiago Canton. Canton was on a special visit to Guatemala at President Alfonso Portillo's invitation to investigate the state of free expression in the country, reports the Press Freedom Committee of the Guatemalan Association of Journalists (APG). According to APG, the president extended the invitation to demonstrate that the government was not responsible for the recent closure of a television program on Canal 13 on 2 February.
4 January 2000
Guatemala
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