Are intelligence sector reforms enough to protect Colombia's journalists?
February 19, 2016 11:39 AM ET
When Colombia's national intelligence agency, known as DAS, was disbanded in October 2011 after revelations of illegal surveillance and harassment of the press and public figures, many journalists breathed a sigh of relief. But recent claims of reporters being...
Officials sentenced in Colombia for spying on journalists
May 1, 2015 4:45 PM ET
Bogotá, May 1, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the sentencing on Thursday by the Colombian Supreme Court of two former senior government officials for their roles in an illegal surveillance program. The program, which occurred while former President Álvaro...
Colombian intelligence official held in journalist’s murder
June 30, 2010 5:31 PM ET
New York, June 30, 2010—A former deputy director of the national Colombian intelligence agency has been ordered held for masterminding the 1999 murder of journalist Jaime Garzón. José Miguel Narváez is currently behind bars awaiting trial in a separate case....