Americas
2006
In Colombia, a provincial radio journalist is murdered
New York, August 11, 2006—Colombian radio host Milton Fabián Sánchez was gunned down on Wednesday night outside his home in Yumbo, in the southwestern Valle del Cauca province. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether there is a connection between the murder and Sánchez’ work. A masked assailant shot Sánchez three times in the…
Editor of Mexican crime magazine is found murdered
New York, August 10, 2006—The body of Enrique Perea Quintanilla, a longtime police reporter who became editor of a crime magazine, was found on the outskirts of the northern city of Chihuahua on Wednesday afternoon. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether Perea’s murder is related to his work.
In Cuba, one reporter is freed and 24 others are still jailed
New York, August 9, 2006—Independent journalist Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández was released on Saturday after a year in prison on a spurious charge of “disrespecting” a local police chief. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cuban authorities to free the other 24 journalists imprisoned throughout the island. Du Bouchet was released on…
Four slain, two wounded in vicious attack at Guyanese printing plant
New York, August 9, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a murderous attack against the Kaieteur News printing plant that came amid a series of violent episodes in Georgetown, Guyana’s capital, on Tuesday night. Masked assailants with automatic weapons killed four printing staff employees execution-style, the newspaper’s owner told CPJ today. A fifth printing plant…
Reporter attacked by a group of protesters
AUGUST 8, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 Oscar Rodríguez, Milenio ATTACKED Rodríguez, the Oaxaca correspondent for the Mexico City-based daily Milenio, was attacked by a group of protesters while reporting on the abduction of two police officers in the city of San Bartolo de Coyotepec.
Reporters denied entry to Cuba
New York, August 3, 2006—Cuban authorities on Wednesday turned back at least three foreign journalists seeking to enter the country to cover President Fidel Castro’s illness and handover of power. The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled that the reporters were denied entry at Havana’s international airport.
Judge jails freelancer over videotape
New York, August 2, 2006—A U.S. judge in San Francisco ordered a video blogger to jail after holding him in contempt for refusing to turn over to a federal grand jury a videotape of a 2005 protest. Ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup ordered Joshua Wolf held without bail and denied a…
Peruvian court tosses convictions in journalist’s murder
New York, July 28, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the Peruvian Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the murder convictions of three men, one a local mayor, in the 2004 slaying of journalist Antonio de la Torre Echeandía. The court, in a July 21 decision, freed the three defendants without immediate explanation.…