Journalists with television station target of lawsuit by Mexican-owned company
(FIP/IFEX) – The following is the full text of a statement by FIP issued on 23 July 1998: We, the women and men belonging to Latin American unions, meeting at the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation in Turin, Italy, declare our support for the journalists of “100% Noticias” and the workers of […]
Statement of the National Union of Nicaraguan Journalists (SNPN) on attacks by President Arnoldo Aleman
(FIP/IFEX) – We, the journalists affiliated with the National Union of Nicaraguan Journalists (Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas de Nicaragua – SNPN), meeting in a General Assembly, denounce to the people of Nicaragua and sister organizations around the world, the constant violations, mistreatment, threats of imprisonment and verbal repression which we have suffered under President Arnoldo […]
Threats against politician’s radio station
Source: Associated Press (AP), Managua (reprinted by Editora Panama America, 10 June 1996) On 9 June 1996, businessman and Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Fabio Gadea Mantilla told authorities that former Nicaraguan “contras” (anti-Sandinista resistance fighters) had, that morning, threatened to destroy his radio station, La Corporacion. According to Gadea Mantilla, the group which issued […]
Ruling to be handed down by court in regard to fired journalists from “Barricada”
**Updates IFEX alert dated 10 November 1994; for background, see IFEX press release dated 19 September 1994** According to the sixteen journalists from the daily “Barricada” who were dismissed in late 1994, a decision is to be handed down soon by a Labour Court judge in regard to their dismissal. They are hoping that the […]