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Colombia's journalists received record number of death threats in 2018: report
by Adriaan Alsema February 10, 2019
The year 2018 was the most violent for journalism in the 12-year history of Colombia’s press freedom foundation, the FLIP said in its annual report.
According to the FLIP, which has been defending press freedom and denouncing violations since 2006, more than 477 attacks on the freedom of press took place last year, a 57% increase compared to 2017 and a 120% increase compared to 2016.
. . .
Death threats have become by far the most common form of aggression, the FLIP said after registering 256 cases that left 200 victims last year.
This rise of this crime became so alarming that 19 international organizations and embassies wrote the Colombian government to take action, but to no avail.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-journalists-received-record-number-of-death-threats-in-2018-report/
