HONDURAS
Threats to press criminal charges against usurpers
who dare to work as journalists without being licensed by
the Journalists Colegio has raised a serious threat to freedom
of expression in Honduras.
April 22, Santos Hermán Caleas Conzález, accused of
working illegally as a journalist, charged that the Colegio
controlled by the government and that its president,
René Zepeda, who does not have a university degree and
who works for station HRN, receives a government salary.
He also charged that other journalists, among them
Antonio Masariego and José Ochoa Martínez of Radio
Tegucigalpa, face problems and harassment by the Colegio.
At its general assembly on May 25, the Colegio decided
to file criminal charges against what it called "usurpers'
- those who work as journalists without being enrolled
in the Colegio or being licensed as student interns.
In an amendment to Article 45 of its bylaws, the
Colegio resolved that "journalistic imposters will be the
subject to a criminal charge or accusation with a view to
their being punished under the Penal Code.'
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