Americas
2006
In Colombia, Telesur correspondent detained on terror charges
New York, November 21, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention on Sunday night of Fredy Muñoz Altamiranda, Colombian correspondent for the regional television network Telesur. Agents of the Colombian national intelligence service, the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), detained Muñoz at 9 p.m. at Eldorado International Airport in Bogotá as he…
Journalist González is freed after 16 months in jail
New York, November 21, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Cuban journalist Oscar Mario González, who had been jailed for 16 months without charge. González was freed unexpectedly on Monday without explanation, his daughter Elena González, who lives in Sweden, told CPJ. She said her father was in good spirits…
Former director of Mexico City daily found murdered
New York, November 17, 2006—José Manuel Nava Sánchez, former director of the Mexico City-based daily Excélsior and columnist for the national daily El Sol de México, was found murdered yesterday in his apartment. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether the killing is connected to his work. According to the Mexican press, Nava’s body…
Editor of a provincial paper found dead
New York, November 13, 2006—Misael Tamayo Hernández, editor and owner of the local daily El Despertar de la Costa in the city of Zihuatanejo, was found dead Friday morning in a motel in southern Guerrero state. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether Tamayo’s death is related to his work. Local police commander Mario…
Independent journalist sentenced to two years’ house arrest
New York, November 8, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentence of two years’ house arrest handed down by a Cuban court to a journalist who reported on a dengue fever outbreak that the authorities censored. Journalist Guillermo Espinosa Rodríguez of the independent agency Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental (APLO) was convicted by a…
CPJ writes to Rumsfeld over Iraq detention
Dear Secretary Rumsfeld: I am writing as chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists to express the organization’s deep concern about the case of Bilal Hussein, a freelance photographer working for The Associated Press, who has been held without charge by the U.S. military for nearly seven months.
Lima editor barred from reporting on former official
OCTOBER 30, 2006 POSTED: November 16, 2006 Luis García Miró, Expreso LEGAL ACTION García Miró, editor of the Lima-based daily Expreso, was ordered by judge Mercedes Gómez Marchisio of Lima’s 35th Penal Court to “refrain from publishing any news or journalistic report” related to former Minister of Justice Diego García Sayán, who is suing the…
CPJ calls for federal probe into killing of U.S. journalist in Mexico
Dear Mr. Cabeza de Vaca: The Committee to Protect Journalists is shocked and outraged by the shooting death of U.S. journalist Bradley Roland Will in Oaxaca, and calls upon the federal authorities in Mexico to fully investigate this killing and bring those responsible to justice.