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Harassment and violence

News coverage exposes journalists to growing danger

Published on 9 April 2013Read

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Forced to self-censorship

Journalist suspends popular radio programme amid mounting threats

Published on 18 March 2013Read

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No let-up for radio stations that opposed coup

There has a new surge in cases of harassment and censorship of journalists working for radio stations that have been outspoken in their criticism (...)

Published on 3 September 2010 Read

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Another journalist killed, ninth this year, motive not yet known

The body of Israel Zelaya Díaz, a radio journalist based in the northwestern city of San Pedro Sula, was found at a roadside yesterday. He had (...)

Published on 25 August 2010 Read

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Rule of law and civil liberties founder in year since coup

Reporters Without Borders, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Committee for Free Expression (C-Libre) have (...)

Published on 28 June 2010 Read

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Another journalist gunned down, eighth since start of 2010

The murder of Luis Arturo Mondragón Morazán, the head of the Canal 19 TV station and producer of its “Teleprensa” TV news programme, in the southern (...)

Published on 16 June 2010 Read

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300 soldiers and police storm community radio in continuing coup against media

Although nearly a year has gone by since the coup d’état of 28 June 2009, the authorities continue to adopt arbitrary repressive measures against (...)

Published on 4 June 2010 Read

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Newly-created community radio threatened with closure

La Voz de Zacate Grande, a new community radio station based in southern Honduras, faces possible closure tomorrow on charges of “usurping land” (...)

Published on 4 May 2010 Read

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Sixth journalist killed since start of year, robbery ruled out

Journalists are continuing to be murdered in Honduras. Radio W105 presenter Luis Antonio Chévez Hernández was gunned down in San Pedro Sula, the (...)

Published on 13 April 2010 Read

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Third journalist gunned down in two weeks

Nahúm Palacios, the news editor of local TV station Televisora de Aguán-Canal 5, was killed in a hail of bullets on 14 March in Tocoa, a town near (...)

Published on 16 March 2010 Read