Honduras - Minister insists no journalist was murdered in connection with their work

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by deputy security minister Armando Calidonio's insistence during a TV appearance on 3 January that none of the ten murders of journalists in Honduras during 2010 was connected to the victim's work. “None of these murders is linked to the practice of journalism,” he said. “It is highly improbable and I say so sincerely.” The minister's comment is an intolerable denial of reality. A probable or proven link to the victim's work as a journalist exists in three (...)

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