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Duque reverting freedom of the press to Colombia's 'darkest days'
by Adriaan Alsema February 11, 2021
The government of far-right President Ivan Duque regressed the situation for journalist to “Colombia’s darkest days” while protecting his bubble, according to press freedom FLIP.
Recurring police brutality against journalists, top government officials’ dismissive attitude tand their participation in the stigmatization journalists reversed the freedom of the press decades, according to the FlIP.
In it annual report, the press freedom organization said “it is impossible not to interpret this as a message in which the press is understood as opposition and there is no tolerance for critical thinking.”
According to the FLIP, the deterioration of the press in 2020 includes the wiretapping of reporters, police brutality against journalists.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/duque-reverting-colombias-freedom-of-the-press-to-darkest-days/