Panama - Radio station owned murdered during media campaign against violence

Reporters without borders

The murder of a radio station owner has punctuated the “Basta ya!” campaign in defence of freedom of expression that Panama's most influential news media have been waging since last month in response to a growing number of threats and attacks on journalists. Darío Fernández Jaén, the owner and programme director of Radio Mi Favorita, was murdered by two individuals in Penononé, in the central province of Coclé, as he was returning home with his son on 6 November. Fernández was also a leading (...)

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