Committee to Protect Journalists - El Salvador tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2013-03-18T16:41:42Z Movable Type 4.38 CPJ urges OAS not to weaken human rights system tag:cpj.org,2013://1.21420 2013-03-18T16:40:37Z 2013-03-18T16:41:42Z Dear OAS Ministers of Foreign Affairs: Ahead of the assembly of the Organization of American States on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists urges you to oppose any attempts to debilitate the regional human rights system. The failure of member states to preserve the autonomy and independence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and its special rapporteur on freedom of expression would make citizens throughout the hemisphere more vulnerable to human rights violations and represent a blow to democracy in the Americas. Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks on the Press in 2012: El Salvador tag:beta.cpj.org,2013://1.20512 2013-02-14T05:04:56Z 2013-02-04T22:10:39Z Journalists felt the effect of widespread gang-related violence. The staff of the online news site El Faro faced intimidation after reporting on a criminal network involving businessmen and politicians, and after revealing secret negotiations between the government and gangs. Unidentified individuals followed and photographed El Faro’s journalists, Editor Carlos Dada... Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists felt the effect of widespread gang-related violence. The staff of the online news site El Faro faced intimidation after reporting on a criminal network involving businessmen and politicians, and after revealing secret negotiations between the government and gangs. Unidentified individuals followed and photographed El Faro’s journalists, Editor Carlos Dada said. Minister of Security David Munguía Payés acknowledged that the outlet was at risk but initially declined to provide any protection. The case also exposed cracks in solidarity among the Salvadoran press as few journalists initially came to the defense of El Faro. Nationwide, murder rates appeared to drop after the government negotiated a gang truce, although some officials suggested disappearances were simultaneously on the rise. Despite pervasive societal violence, the country has not seen widespread killings of journalists. The authorities, who won a conviction in May in the 2011 murder of a cameraman, have a generally good record in combating deadly anti-press violence, CPJ research shows.

]]> Attacks on the Press: Divided, Journalists Are at Risk tag:beta.cpj.org,2013://1.20485 2013-02-14T05:04:32Z 2013-03-13T21:38:34Z No amount of security training can make up for a lack of professional solidarity. By Frank Smyth... Committee to Protect Journalists No amount of security training can make up for a lack of professional solidarity. By Frank Smyth

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]]> CPJ hails conviction in journalist murder in El Salvador tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19964 2012-06-07T19:55:09Z 2012-06-08T14:44:31Z New York, June 7, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction in the 2011 murder of Salvadoran cameraman Alfredo Antonio Hurtado Núñez, but calls on authorities to ensure that the other gunman charged for the crime is brought to justice.... Committee to Protect Journalists Mara Salvatrucha gangsters attend mass in prison. Members of the gang have been charged with the murder of a journalist. (AP/Luis Romero)

New York, June 7, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction in the 2011 murder of Salvadoran cameraman Alfredo Antonio Hurtado Núñez, but calls on authorities to ensure that the other gunman charged for the crime is brought to justice.

]]> Salvadoran news website threatened for its reporting tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18939 2012-03-21T15:32:05Z 2012-03-21T21:23:56Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 21, 2012--The editor of the Salvadoran news website El Faro says his staff members have been followed after the site reported on a criminal network involving politicians. In addition, he said a senior government official told the staff last week that gang members were angered by coverage of alleged ties between law enforcement officials and local gangs, and might retaliate.

]]> Gunmen kill cameraman in El Salvador tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17212 2011-04-27T14:48:21Z 2011-04-27T16:21:04Z New York, April 27, 2011--Veteran Salvadoran cameraman and photo editor Alfredo Antonio Hurtado was shot dead by two unidentified men on Monday night while on a bus to San Salvador, where he worked. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing and bring the perpetrators... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 27, 2011--Veteran Salvadoran cameraman and photo editor Alfredo Antonio Hurtado was shot dead by two unidentified men on Monday night while on a bus to San Salvador, where he worked. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing and bring the perpetrators to justice. 

]]> In El Salvador, 11 sentenced in filmmaker's 2009 slaying tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16923 2011-03-10T21:49:44Z 2011-03-10T22:05:57Z Committee to Protect Journalists AFP

New York, March 10, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday's sentencing of 11 defendants in the brutal 2009 slaying of Christian Poveda, left, a French photojournalist and filmmaker who had spent decades documenting gang violence in El Salvador. Twenty other suspects, accused of being accomplices, were acquitted. 

]]> Attacks on the Press 2009: Americas Developments tag:cpj.org,2010://1.13911 2010-02-16T05:02:40Z 2010-02-15T18:19:56Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Filmmaker who documented Salvadoran gangs is slain tag:cpj.org,2009://1.13544 2009-09-03T18:27:50Z 2009-09-03T21:40:57Z 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... Committee to Protect Journalists (AFP)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.]]> Documentary filmmaker killed in El Salvador tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.13542 2009-09-03T16:18:15Z 2009-09-03T18:43:44Z 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...... Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> Drug Trade, Violent Gangs Pose Grave Danger tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10693 2009-02-10T05:58:00Z 2009-02-09T22:17:07Z 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... Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ By Carlos Lauría

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2008: Americas Developments tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10707 2009-02-10T05:52:00Z 2009-08-12T05:16:52Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Attacks on the Press 2007: Americas Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6693 2008-02-05T16:58:00Z 2009-04-07T17:39:05Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & developments throughout the region]]> Radio owner and host threatened with death tag:216.139.245.96,2008:/cases//9.124 2008-01-07T17:00:00Z 2008-01-07T17:00:00Z JANUARY 7, 2008  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... Committee to Protect Journalists JANUARY 7, 2008 
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.

]]> Two journalists attacked during protest in western El Salvador tag:216.139.245.96,2007:/cases//9.291 2007-10-25T16:00:00Z 2007-10-25T16:00:00Z OCTOBER 25, 2007 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... Committee to Protect Journalists OCTOBER 25, 2007
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.

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