Call for threatened radio director to be given effective protection (Honduras)
Call for threatened radio director to be given effective protection
Published on Saturday 16 May 2015.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the death threats against Radio Globo director David Romero and calls on the national human rights agency to guarantee the safety of Romero and his staff.
Romero said on the air on 14 May that he received the threats after revealing information about an alleged case of embezzlement of government funds that is said to involve President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Speaking on “Interpretando la Noticia,” a programme broadcast by Radio Globo and its sister Globo TV, Romero said he had obtained a video of a meeting implicating Hernández and the managers of 30 bogus companies that were created to embezzle funds from the Honduran Institute for Social Security (IHSS). Hernández was congressional speaker at the time.
This is not the first time Radio Globo has exposed this kind of scandal at the IHSS. In 2013, cheques worth a total of 50 million lempiras (2 million euros) were allegedly sent to the ruling National Party and to companies that were fronts for collecting funds to finance Hernández’s election campaign.
Denying claims that he was involved in a conspiracy against the president, Romero said he was revealing this information solely out of journalistic duty. He added that he was ready to face any further threats against him.
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