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A demonstrator holds a Honduran flag during a protest against Honduras President Xiomara Castro's government and in support of the extradition treaty with the U.S., in Tegucigalpa, Honduras September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

CPJ, partners urge UN to examine press freedom restrictions in Honduras

April 28, 2025 3:50 PM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined six other international and local press freedom organizations in a joint report warning the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of systematic freedom of expression and press freedom violations in Honduras ahead of the country’s human rights record review. The report, sent to the UPR on April…