Honduras - Court ruling deals major blow to media freedom and Inter-American body

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders and PEN International condemn the actions of the Honduran Supreme Court in failing to implement a legally-biding order by inter-American Commission on Human Rights to protect journalist, Julio Ernesto Alvarado's right to work in his profession. The Radio and TV Globo journalist's last possible appeal against a court ban on working as a journalist for 16 months was rejected on 4 September, setting a dire precedent for freedom of expression and information in (...)

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