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March 16, 2021 Colombia’s state representative walked out of an Interamerican Human Rights Court hearing on Monday while on trial over its alleged responsibility in the 2000 rape of a journalist. The decision of state attorney Camilo Gomez to abandon the hearing on claims the court was “prejudiced” shocked the director of freedom of the press foundation (FLIP), which supports journalist Jineth Bedoya. State defense attorney Camilo Gomez The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) took the State to the highest human rights court in the Americas in 2019 after finding that Colom...

News Column denounces government persecution against journalists News Column denounces government persecution against journalists Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Seven journalists were assassinated in Colombia since 2018 and another 625 were victims of threats in the government of President Ivan Duque, denounces today the Los Danieles-outdoors column. Such figures, the source stresses, places Colombia as 'the second most lethal country for journalists, after Mexico.' The Colombian state has once again turned its weapons, resources and intimidation capacity against journalists. While that is hap...