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On Monday, the denunciation of the various Colombian journalists threatened with practicing their profession was known. Among the victims are journalist María Jimena Duzán of Semana magazine, Jineth Bedoya of El Tiempo, Yolanda Ruiz, Jorge Espinoza and Pablo Latorre of RCN Radio and members of the press La silla vacío.
Maria Jimena Duzán received message via her Twitter account in which a user says that she must be "raped, spit, chopped with a chainsaw and hung on the Plaza de Bolívar", the tweet was removed a few minutes later, however, Duzán was able to capture it and publish it on your networks.
On the other hand, a booklet signed by the central forest of Las Águilas Negras was distributed, in which Jineth Bedoya of El Tiempo and the journalists of La Silla Vacía were considered guerrilla fighters and declared military targets.
Radio denounced threatening calls against Jorge Espinosa, from the news bulletin working table, Juan Pablo Latorre, of the Integrated Information System and editor of the weekend of the station, and l 39; the call was also threatened "the one who is on the air" referring to the director Yolanda Ruiz.
"We have the elite police corps that attends to each particular case, that of a reporter this weekend and the others.Every case is a priority that is badyzed by the Bureau Prosecutor and the Police, "General Jorge Nieto told the radio station.
In the same sense, the Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FlIP) rejected a statement the threats against different journalists and demanded the authorities "diligence to investigate and punish those responsible."
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spoke about the complaints during his visit to the University of Santo Tomas and affirmed that "It worries me a lot (…) because it is the the product of a wave that generates anguish and fear, because there is an interest in multiplying it to manipulate the population.We must fight all these phenomena. "
Colombian President-elect Iván Duque, s & # 39; is also attached to the rejection of these acts and said on Twitter that "the threats against journalists should cease, the free press is the guarantee of democratic governments." 19659009] From this account they send me this threat of death. @FiscaliaCol and @FLIP_org pic.twitter.com/DjScrFL4P5
– Maria Jimena Duzan (@MJDuzan) July 15, 2018
# Warning | #RCNRadio denounces that this morning we received a threatening call against plusie We ask @FiscaliaCol to investigate. @FLIP_org
– Radio RCN (@rcnradio) On 16 July 2018
RCN Radio denounces that this morning we received a call in which several of our journalists are directly threatened. It is mentioned @EspinosaRadio @latorrejuanpa and "whoever is on the air" with which I personally badume this threat.
– YolandaRuizRCN (@YolandaRuizRCN) July 16, 2018 [19659016] The Flip rejects the threats against @jbedoyalima @MJDuzan and @lasillavacia . @UNPColombia must act to ensure the safety of journalists, as well as journalists of digital media. https://t.co/rv9oM0eNtL
– FLIP (@FLIP_org) 15 July 2018
In Colombia, threats against journalists must stop, the free press is the guarantee of democratic governments. Solidarity and support at the work table of @rcnradio
– Iván Duque (@IvanDuque) July 16, 2018
editorial NTN24
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