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Alarm in Colombia over escalation in unlawful arrests of journalists
by Adriaan Alsema December 8, 2019
Colombia’s security forces have arbitrarily arrested at least 19 journalists since anti-government protests began on November 21, the country’s press freedom foundation said Saturday.
Press freedom foundation FLIP expressed its “serious concern,” claiming that “no similar situation has occurred in FLIP’s recent records.”
According to the press freedom foundation, the arrests have become so common that it wonders “if the uniformed are receiving a directive that the work of the press should be prevented.”
. . .
One of these journalists told FLIP that “she was physically and psychologically abused during her detention, as she was not allowed to eat and had to stand, tied with handcuffs to the bars of her cell” from Thursday evening until Friday morning 10AM when a prosecutor ordered her release because there was no legal justification to detain her.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/alarm-in-colombia-over-escalation-in-unlawful-arrests-of-journalists/
