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Honduras

Soldiers assault protesters calling for justice for slain journalists

A group of mostly women journalists calling for justice for slain reporters were violently suppressed by police with batons and tear gas in Honduras's capital last week, reports IFEX's member in Honduras the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), as well as Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Two members of C-Libre, Tirzia Gáleas y Cesar Villeda, who were at the demonstration as observers, were also assaulted.

Brazil / Honduras / Peru

With three new deaths, Latin America is most dangerous region for journalists, say IFEX members

Three journalists have been killed in the space of a week in Brazil, Honduras and Peru, cementing Latin America's status as the most dangerous region for journalists in 2011 so far, report IFEX members.

Honduras

Young radio station manager killed before community radio meeting

Twenty-six-year-old radio manager Nery Jeremias Orellana was riding a motorcycle to work on 14 July in Candelaria, Lempira, near Honduras's border with El Salvador, when he was gunned down by unidentified assailants, report the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) and other IFEX members. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Press Institute (IPI), he is the third journalist killed possibly as a result of his profession this year in Honduras.

Honduras

Murder of journalist highlights country's status as one of worst for press

A journalist who reported on corruption and local land disputes was gunned down last week in Honduras, the 10th journalist to have been murdered since March 2010, report the Observatorio Latinoamericano para la Libertad de Expresión (OLA) and other IFEX members. In not one case has the murder been solved, accounting for Honduras's status as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the world.

Honduras

Authorities fail to protect journalists despite promises to UN, says IFEX-ALC

Last week in Honduras, a board member of the La Voz de Zacate Grande community radio station was shot in the leg by residents upset about the station's coverage. Police sat idly by. It was just the latest in a string of incidents that highlights the government's failure to investigate attacks on journalists - despite promises it made before the UN's Human Rights Council in November, says IFEX Latin America and Caribbean (IFEX-ALC), an alliance of 17 IFEX members in the region.

Americas / Honduras

Government vows to investigate journalist murders thanks to IFEX-ALC

The Honduran authorities have done an about face and have pledged to investigate the murders of nine journalists this year, following international lobbying by IFEX-América Latina y el Caribe (IFEX-ALC), an alliance of 17 IFEX members in the region. It's just one of many free expression commitments the government made following the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Honduras, an evaluation of the country's human rights record by members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Honduras

Ninth journalist slain in 2010

A journalist was found shot to death on a rural road in northern Honduras on 24 August, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members. Journalist Israel Zelaya Díaz is the ninth journalist killed this year since President Porfirio Lobo assumed power in January. The culture of impunity that has arisen under Lobo is silencing critical journalists, says a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Honduras

Broadcast journalist slain

A Honduran television journalist who covered corruption and environmental issues was gunned down in eastern Honduras on 14 June, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members.

Honduras

IAPA calls for signatures to petition as another journalist is murdered

A Honduran journalist was shot in the head by an assailant waiting for him after he finished anchoring a show at a local television station, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other IFEX members. He is the seventh journalist killed this year. IAPA is calling on hundreds of thousands of newspaper readers to sign a letter addressed to the president of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, asking him to set up legal mechanisms to confront violence against journalists and the impunity linked to these crimes.

Honduras

Five journalists killed in one month

In a highway ambush, two journalists were shot to death in eastern Honduras on 26 March, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), ARTICLE 19 and other IFEX members. This brings the number of journalists murdered in Honduras this year to five; all killed this past month.

Honduras

Two more journalists slain

Three Honduran journalists have been killed in deadly attacks this month. A radio journalist was shot and killed driving home on 11 March, report the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). And on 16 March the news editor of a television station was riddled with bullets while driving, reports C-Libre, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other IFEX members. The recent assassinations come after a journalist was murdered on 1 March.

Honduras

One journalist murdered, another seriously injured in attack

A Honduran journalist was shot dead in an attack that also injured another journalist on 1 March, report the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Honduras

Pluralism and press freedom must be restored, says mission

Five IFEX members and two other organisations are calling for dialogue between the Honduran media, human rights groups and civil society in the country in order to rebuild a democratic environment. The seven organisations have released a report on the state of press freedom in Honduras since the 28 June 2009 coup d'état after a joint fact-finding mission in November 2009.

Honduras

Rights activist gunned down

A human rights activist was shot and killed in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, on 13 December, report the Comité por la Libre Expressión (C-Libre) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Honduras

Rights violations under de facto regime

In a new report, the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre) has recorded 127 cases of violations against freedom of expression since the Honduran de facto government seized power in June.

Honduras

Media faces grenade attacks and more soldiers in the streets

About 10 grenades have been lobbed at media outlets in Honduras since the crisis began this summer, says the International Press Institute (IPI). Recently, a grenade was flung into the offices of a popular Honduran radio station on 5 November, injuring two people and damaging the broadcast booth. The device exploded on the roof of Radio HRN, Honduras's oldest station, in the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Honduras

Civil liberties suspended in state of emergency

A state of emergency was declared by the de facto government in Honduras on 26 September, suspending constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, freedom of movement and freedom of assembly for 45 days, report the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre) and IFEX members. Harassment of the media continues as overall conditions for journalistic work greatly deteriorate.

Honduras

Another round of violence against the media post-coup

Nearly two months after Honduras's left-leaning president Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped from the presidential palace and expelled from the country, journalists and activists continue to pay the price, say the Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members.

Honduras

Press freedom violations continue post-coup

Amid a continuing climate of media harassment after the coup, a correspondent for Radio América was killed by an unidentified gunman on 3 July in northern Honduras, report Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Wihout Borders (RSF). Although the killing may not be linked to the crisis, press freedom continues to suffer in the coup's aftermath, say the members.

Honduras

Free expression in jeopardy following coup

Following the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya on 28 June, the new authorities have harassed and briefly detained journalists, interfered with several broadcast media outlets and imposed a 48-hour curfew, putting free expression at risk, say IFEX member in Honduras Comité por la Libre Expresíon (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members.

Honduras

MIEMBROS DE IFEX CONDENAN ASESINATO DE CAMARÓGRAFO

Honduras

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX CONDAMNENT LES MEURTRES DE JOURNALISTES

Honduras

IFEX MEMBERS CONDEMN MURDERS OF JOURNALISTS

IFEX members have expressed outrage at the murder of two journalists in Guatemala and Honduras this week, countries "plagued by an overall lack of safety", said the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).

Honduras

HONDURAS INFRINGE SU PROPIA LEY DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN, DICE C-LIBRE

Honduras

LE HONDURAS CONTREVIENT À SA PROPRE LOI SUR LA LIBERTÉ D'ACCÈS À L'INFORMATION, DIT C-LIBRE

Honduras

HONDURAS BREACHES OWN ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW, SAYS C-LIBRE

2008 was not a good year for press freedom in Honduras. Despite the passage of the much anticipated Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, public institutions are not abiding by it, says an investigation by the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre), a coalition of journalists and members of civil society that defends and promotes free expression in Honduras.

Honduras

PERIODISTA RADIOFÓNICO ASESINADO EN TEGUCIGALPA

Honduras

UN RADIOJOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ À TEGUCIGALPA

Honduras

RADIO JOURNALIST MURDERED IN TEGUCIGALPA

Unidentified individuals shot and killed Honduran radio journalist Carlos Salgado on 17 October as he was leaving the offices of Radio Cadena Voces (RCV) in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is investigating whether the murder is linked to Salgado's work.

Honduras

C-LIBRE ENQUÊTE SUR LA LIBRE EXPRESSION AU HONDURAS

Honduras

C-LIBRE INVESTIGA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN EN HONDURAS

Honduras

C-LIBRE INVESTIGATES FREE EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS

Free expression and access to information were severely curtailed in a number of ways in Honduras in 2006, says the Committee for Free Expression (El Comité por la Libre Expresión, C-Libre) annual report, according to its partner Probidad, an IFEX member.

Honduras

CONGRESO APRUEBA LEY DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN

Honduras

LE CONGRÈS APPROUVE LA LOI SUR L'ACCÈS À L'INFORMATION

Honduras

CONGRESS APPROVES ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAW

Honduras has joined the growing number of Latin American countries that have passed access to information laws, reports Probidad. On 23 November 2006, congress approved the Transparency and Access to Public Information Law (Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública).

Honduras

L'AUTOCENSURE DANS LES MÉDIAS SÈME L'INQUIÉTUDE

Honduras

INQUIETUD POR AUTOCENSURA EN MEDIOS

Honduras

CONCERNS FOR SELF-CENSORSHIP IN THE MEDIA

In Honduras, the abolition of criminal defamation laws in 2005 marked a victory for freedom of expression, but self-censorship in the media remains a serious challenge for the country's journalism community, reports PROBIDAD.

Honduras

LA COUR SUPRÊME INVALIDE UNE DISPOSITION SUR LES « INSULTES »

Honduras

SUPREMA CORTE DEROGA ESTIPULACIÓN DE "INJURIA"

Honduras

SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN "INSULT" PROVISION

Honduras' highest court has ruled that a provision in the country's Penal Code which criminalises press offences is unconstitutional and should be repealed.

Honduras

UN EXPERT DE L'OEA FAIT PRESSION POUR OBTENIR LA RÉFORME DES LOIS « DESACATO »

Honduras

EXPERTO DE OEA INSTA A REFORMA DE LEYES DE DESACATO

Honduras

OAS EXPERT URGES REFORM OF "DESACATO" LAWS

The Organisation of American States' (OAS) Special Rapporteur on Free Expression, Eduardo Bertoni, has urged the government of Honduras to repeal laws that penalise journalists and others who criticise public officials, reports Journalists Against Corruption (Periodistas Frente a la Corrupción, PFC).

Honduras

POLICÍA SEÑALA A SUPUESTOS ASESINOS DE PERIODISTA

Honduras

LA POLICE DÉSIGNE NOMMÉMENT LES ASSASSINS PRÉSUMÉS D'UN JOURNALISTE

Honduras

POLICE NAME JOURNALIST'S ALLEGED ASSASSINS

On 10 March 2004, the Honduras police revealed the names of the presumed killers of journalist Germán Rivas.The former host of the CMV Noticias news programme, broadcast on the Canal 7 television station, was assassinated on 26 November 2003 as he was heading to the station's offices in Santa Rosa de Copán, in western Honduras.

Honduras

UN JOURNALISTE EST ABATTU

Honduras

PERIODISTA BALEADO

Honduras

JOURNALIST GUNNED DOWN

In Honduras, where murders of journalists are almost unheard of, Germán Antonio Rivas was gunned down in the parking lot of his television station in Santa Rosa de Copán on 26 November, sparking outrage from IFEX members.

Honduras

Relator de la OEA visitá Honduras

Honduras

OAS RAPPORTEUR TO VISIT HONDURAS

The Organization of American States' Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Eduardo Bertoni, will visit Honduras from 3 to 5 September to assess the state of free expression in the country and to promote the standards established by the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights.

Honduras

REÇOIT DES MENACES À LA SUITE D'UN RAPPORT SUR LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION