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Spotlight: Free Expression & the Law Honduras

Honduras court upholds journalist's 10-year prison sentence for defamation

Honduras court upholds journalist's 10-year prison sentence for defamation

21 January 2019
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

David Romero Ellner's journalistic work has frequently alleged corruption in President Juan Orlando Hernández's administration.

Honduras Highlights
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Attacks Honduras

Reporter covering Berta Caceres murder trial threatened in Honduras

CPJ called on Honduran authorities to investigate threats against freelance journalist Nina Lakhani - who is in Honduras to cover the high-profile trial of eight men charged in the 2016 murder of indigenous environmental leader Berta Cáceres - and to ensure journalists are able to report safely from the country.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎20 September 2018

Attacks Honduras

Attacker tries to stab Honduran journalist during live broadcast

An unidentified man approached journalista Cesar Silva while he was reporting and lunged at the reporter with a knife.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎19 February 2018

Impunity Attacks Censorship Honduras

Is there hope for media freedom in Honduras after the election?

Eight years after a coup d'état, the level of press freedom is still sinking in Honduras.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎28 November 2017

Latest from Honduras

IAPA expresses concern over recent murders of journalists in Honduras, Mexico

‎ Inter American Press Association

Mexico Impunity Attacks Honduras 19 September 2017
Dina Meza

‎ IFEX

Impunity Honduras 2 August 2017
Sherlyn Montoya: Honduran defender of LGBTQI+ rights

‎ IFEX

Impunity Attacks Honduras Gender 4 July 2017
Honduras violence reaches new highs

‎ José Peralta for IFEX

Attacks Honduras 29 May 2017
Berta Cáceres: A life without fear

‎ IFEX

Impunity Attacks Honduras 17 May 2017
Honduras: Local TV news anchor targeted by flawed trial, smear campaign

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Honduras 24 February 2017
Journalist threatened, directed to resign from work

‎ Comité por la Libre Expresión - C-Libre

Attacks Honduras 10 February 2017
Honduran reporter convicted of criminal defamation

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Honduras 30 August 2016
PEN Honduras member faces imprisonment for student protests

‎ PEN International

Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Honduras 22 June 2016
Honduras journalist survives two attacks in one day

‎ International Press Institute

Impunity Attacks Honduras 5 May 2016
Why Honduras is the most dangerous place in the world to defend the environment

‎ Tyler Shipley for IFEX

Impunity Attacks Honduras 21 April 2016
Honduran journalist sentenced to 10 years in prison for defamation

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Free Expression & the Law Honduras 28 March 2016
Honduras: Where impunity reigns and activists face mounting dangers

‎ Erin Woycik for IFEX

Impunity Honduras 17 March 2016
Indigenous leader and human rights defender Berta Cáceres assassinated in Honduras

‎ Comité por la Libre Expresión - C-Libre

Attacks Honduras 4 March 2016
After 13 months, Honduran state finally complies with IACHR order

‎ PEN International

Censorship Honduras 17 December 2015
Death threat note left in car belonging to Honduran police reporter

‎ Inter American Press Association

Attacks Honduras 9 December 2015
Honduras formally bans journalist from practicing profession

‎ PEN International

Honduras 3 November 2015
Honduran journalist prevented from testifying at Inter-American Commission

‎ PEN International

Free Expression & the Law Honduras 21 October 2015
Court ruling deals major blow to media freedom and Inter-American body

‎ PEN International, Reporters Without Borders

Impunity Free Expression & the Law Honduras 9 September 2015
Honduras: Six more journalists killed since government's UN pledge to provide protection

‎ PEN International

Impunity Attacks Honduras 30 July 2015
Three more killings in Honduras, a country where murders go unpunished

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Honduras 9 July 2015
Honduran Journalists Day marked with report on recent media attacks

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Honduras 25 May 2015
Radio Globo Director gets death threats after reporting on alleged embezzlement case

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Attacks Honduras 19 May 2015
Two reporters assassinated in Honduras in one week

‎ Comité por la Libre Expresión - C-Libre

Attacks Honduras 27 April 2015
Murals by art groups removed from streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

‎ Comité por la Libre Expresión - C-Libre

Honduras 12 March 2015
TV journalist killed in Honduras on his way home

‎ Comité por la Libre Expresión - C-Libre

Attacks Honduras 10 February 2015

At a glance

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A new law to protect journalists and human rights advocates took effect in June, drawing cautious optimism from freedom of expression advocates.

Freedom House 23 April 2016
Freedom of the Press 2015: Honduras

Ranked 152nd in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015
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Committee to Protect Journalists 24 September 2014

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