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Documentary filmmaker slain in El Salvador
Christian Poveda, far right, whose new documentary on a violent Salvadoran street gang is scheduled for release this month, is shot and killed outside the capital. Poveda, 52, had documented violence in El Salvador over three decades. At right are Poveda and some subjects of his new film. • CPJ Analysis: Grave dangers
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New York, September 3, 2009--The bullet-ridden body of journalist Christian Poveda, whose new documentary on a violent Salvadoran street gang was scheduled for wide release this month, was discovered Wednesday afternoon just north of the capital, San Salvador, according to local and international press reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Salvadoran authorities to thoroughly investigate the slaying.
We issued the following statement today in response to the killing of Franco-Spanish documentary filmmaker and photojournalist Christian Poveda who was shot to death on Wednesday in El Salvador where he had been covering violent gangs...
Powerful drug traffickers in Mexico, gangsters in Brazilian slums, paramilitaries in Colombia, and violent street gangs in El Salvador and Guatemala are terrorizing the press. Self-censorship is widespread.
By Carlos Lauría
Attacks on the Press
| Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Uruguay
Attacks & developments throughout the region
JANUARY 7, 2008
Posted February 7, 2007
William Chamagua, Radio Mi Gente
Posted February 7, 2007
William Chamagua, Radio Mi Gente
THREATENED
Chamagua, owner of the San Salvador-based Radio Mi Gente and host of political news show "Hablando Con Mi Gente" (Talking to my people), has received several death threats that extend to his family and employees. Chamgaua told CPJ that he believes the threats are linked to the station's critical reporting on the Salvadorian government.
OCTOBER 25, 2007
Posted December 7, 2007
Borman Mármol, La Prensa Gráfica
Alex Nolasco, Canal 21
ATTACKED
Posted December 7, 2007
Borman Mármol, La Prensa Gráfica
Alex Nolasco, Canal 21
ATTACKED
During a clash between protesters and local police near the western city of Santa Ana, Mármol, a photographer for the San Salvador-based daily La Prensa Gráfica,and Nolasco, a reporter for the national TV station Canal 21, were attacked by protesters and the anti-riot unit of the local police.
Attacks on the Press
| Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Uruguay
Attacks & developments throughout the region
Dangerous Assignments
| Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, El Salvador, India, Iraq, Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Turkey
By Mathew Hansen
Hundreds of journalists have been killed over 15 years, many on the orders of government officials. Few cases are ever solved. In the Fall/Winter 2006 edition of Dangerous Assignments
Hundreds of journalists have been killed over 15 years, many on the orders of government officials. Few cases are ever solved. In the Fall/Winter 2006 edition of Dangerous Assignments
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