The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - expresses its concerns about the disappearance of Alejandra Sánchez, journalist in Cali and student at Del Rosario University in Bogotá.

On Tuesday 26th of April, Alejandra Sánchez had planned to meet a public official of the Secretariat of Culture of Cali municipality in order to interview him. The appointment was part of an investigation that the journalist was carrying out in the city. 

The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - expresses its concerns about the disappearance of Alejandra Sánchez, journalist in Cali and student at Del Rosario University in Bogotá.

On Tuesday 26th of April, Alejandra Sánchez had planned to meet a public official of the Secretariat of Culture of Cali municipality in order to interview him. The appointment was part of an investigation that the journalist was carrying out in the city. 

The Colombian Association of Editors of Newspapers and News Medias - Andiarios - and Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemn the intimidations underwent by Germán Corcho, journalist at El Heraldo de Barranquilla, on the part of Galdino Orozco, ex-mayor of Palmar de Varela in the department of Atlántico. Those pressures tend to generate previous censorship against the journalist and are therefore unacceptable with the protection of the freedom of expression and information.

On April 11th, a group of journalists extended a letter to the executives of the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), requesting a pronouncement on a Twitter discussion between two persons.

Thereon, it is important to highlight that the FLIP does not intervene in this type of cases: since it is a wrathful discussion, it does not have vocation in censorship. The aforesaid discussion on Twitter did not affect the expression and broadcasting of informations and opinions of any types.

The Colombian Association of Editors of Newspapers and News Medias - Andiarios - and Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemn the intimidations underwent by Germán Corcho, journalist at El Heraldo de Barranquilla, on the part of Galdino Orozco, ex-mayor of Palmar de Varela in the department of Atlántico. Those pressures tend to generate previous censorship against the journalist and are therefore unacceptable with the protection of the freedom of expression and information.

The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemns the continuous comments and accusations made by the senator of the Centro Democrático against the columnist of Semana.

In the last edition of the magazine Semana, the journalist Daniel Coronell published his habitual column with the title "The criminalization of the one who investigates". The text was referring to the stigmatization made by Álvaro Uribe Vélez against the journalist Yohir Akerman. In his column Coronell also pointed other facts that could relate Uribe and his family with drug-traffickers.

The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemns the robbery underwent by the independent journalist Bladimir Sánchez.

On Friday 15th of April 2016, unknown persons entered the flat of the journalist Bladimir Sánchez and stole a computer, a video camera, a USB flash drive and a hardware. When the journalist went home at night, he found the locks of his door violated and the absence of his equipments.

The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemns the continuous comments and accusations made by the senator of the Centro Democrático against the columnist of Semana.

In the last edition of the magazine Semana, the journalist Daniel Coronell published his habitual column with the title "The criminalization of the one who investigates". The text was referring to the stigmatization made by Álvaro Uribe Vélez against the journalist Yohir Akerman. In his column Coronell also pointed other facts that could relate Uribe and his family with drug-traffickers.

The Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP - condemns the robbery underwent by the independent journalist Bladimir Sánchez.

On Friday 15th of April 2016, unknown persons entered the flat of the journalist Bladimir Sánchez and stole a computer, a video camera, a USB flash drive and a hardware. When the journalist went home at night, he found the locks of his door violated and the absence of his equipments.