Colombia

2017

  
A view of Bogota, Colombia's capital, on September 3, 2017. The mayor of a small town in Colombia threatened a local reporter and fired shots at him, the reporter told CPJ. (Reuters/Henry Romero)

Colombian mayor threatens, shoots at local journalist

Bogotá, Colombia, December 19, 2017 – Colombian authorities should immediately suspend the mayor of a town in northern Colombia, and undertake a swift and credible investigation into reports that he threatened and shot at a local radio journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, wave white peace flags during an act to commemorate the completion of their disarmament process in Buenavista, Colombia, on June, 27, 2017. (AP/Fernando Vergara)

Knife-wielding assailants attack crime reporter in southwestern Colombia

New York, August 25, 2017–Colombian authorities should undertake a swift and credible investigation into an attack yesterday against crime reporter Mauricio Cardoso in the southwestern state of Caquetá, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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A Colombian miner waits for news of his colleagues after an explosion in a coal mine, June 24, 2017. Documentary filmmaker Bladimir Sánchez Espitia, who has reported on alleged human rights abuses in the country's mining industry, told CPJ his life has been repeatedly threatened over the past five years.

Colombian documentary filmmaker repeatedly threatened with death

New York, August 1, 2016–Colombian authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate threats against documentary filmmaker and activist Bladimir Sánchez Espitia and should ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sánchez told CPJ a man with a gun came looking for him in the early hours of July 30.

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A soldier destroys chemicals used in the production of cocaine in Ragondalia, in the remote Colombian state of Norte de Santander, November 22, 2006. Dutch journalists Derk Johannes Bolt and Eugenio Ernest Marie Follender were abducted in the state, police said yesterday.

Dutch journalists abducted in Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia, June 20, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for the immediate release of two Dutch journalists who were abducted while reporting from a lawless region of northeastern Colombia.

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Colombian columnist threatened at gunpoint after reporting on corruption

On March 23, 2017, a man arrived at the home of Colombian columnist, anticorruption activist, and law student Daniel Silva Orrego, threatened him with a gun, and told him to stop his investigations into corruption, according to the journalist and news reports.

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Shots fired at Colombian journalist

Unidentified men riding a motorcycle on January 27, 2017, fired gunshots at Edwin Montiel, news director of the radio station Frontera Stereo, in the northern Colombian city of Maicao, according to news reports. Montiel, who often reports on criminal gangs and smuggling in Maicao, a town located near the Venezuelan border, was unhurt in the…

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Armed men attack vehicle carrying journalists in Colombia

Two reporters were attacked in northern Colombia on January 12, 2017 by armed men on motorcycles, who surrounded their vehicle, broke its back windshield, and fired gunshots, according to news reports.

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