A journalist was killed this past weekend in Honduras, bringing the number of media personnel murdered in the country over the past two years to a total of eighteen. 54-year-old Fausto Evelio Valle, from Olanchito, Yoro, was an announcer for Radio Alegre in Sabá, Colón for sixteen years. He was presenter of the news program […]
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa met yesterday with the President of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and deputy managing editor of the Washington Post, Milton Coleman, to analyze the issues of freedom of the press, personal expression and freedom of information, in addition to the safety of journalists. Coleman said that, “the President told us […]
Click here for photos from Tuesday’s protest. EFE – Several people were beaten by police and troops here Tuesday during a protest to demand justice for the 24 journalists murdered in Honduras over the last eight years, including 17 slain since January 2010. Some 40 news professionals marched from the eastern part of Tegucigalpa to […]
Human rights organizations, church representatives, store owners, businessmen, lawyers, and others joined journalists in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa to demand justice for the targeted group. The most recent murder of radio journalist Luz Marina Paz has sparked outrage among citizens across Honduras, who are seeing cold blooded murder being used as a remedy to […]
Armed men opened fire on La Tribuna newspaper’s building, breaking a glass window in the front, and wounding a security guard. Newspaper editor Martin Ramirez says the assailants fired at least 10 times. Police did not arrive at the scene until five hours later; however, members of the national police condemned the criminal act, and […]