News Column denounces government persecution against journalists
News Column denounces government persecution against journalists
Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Seven journalists were assassinated in Colombia since 2018 and another 625 were victims of threats in the government of President Ivan Duque, denounces today the Los Danieles-outdoors column.
Such figures, the source stresses, places Colombia as the second most lethal country for journalists, after Mexico.
The Colombian state has once again turned its weapons, resources and intimidation capacity against journalists. While that is happening, the president is plotting an unprecedented propaganda strategy, emphasizes the article by columnist Jonathan Bock, director of the Foundation for Press Freedom.
Denuncian persecución del Gobierno de Colombia contra periodistas
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Se debe reconocer el trabajo de los medios en la pandemia : Jonathan Block
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Se debe reconocer el trabajo de los medios en la pandemia : Jonathan Bock
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Journalists under threat in 2020: Ten urgent cases
In the new year, the One Free Press coalition focuses on “the year in press freedom,” highlighting the wide range of threats faced by journalists throughout the past year.
1. Zhang Zhan (China)
Zhang Zhan, an independent journalist who had been posting reports from Wuhan on Twitter and YouTube since early February, went missing on May 14, one day after she published a video critical of the government’s countermeasures to contain the coronavirus. Shanghai issued a notice stating that Zhang had been arrested and detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” She has reportedly been on a hunger strike for seven months, is being force-fed through a feeding tube and kept under physical restraint 24/7. China is the No. 1 jailer of journalists, according to CPJ, with 47 journalists behind bars. In two separate cases, journalists Chen Qiushi and Li Zehua went missing after reporting on Covid-19 from Wuhan and reappeare