CPJ welcomes Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora’s release to house arrest, calls for all charges to be dropped

“While we are relieved that Jose Rubén Zamora can finally leave prison behind, it is a travesty of justice that he has been deprived of his freedom for over three years,” said CPJ Chief Programs Officer Carlos Martínez de la Serna, in New York.

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The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.

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