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On 28 March, José Alemán, a journalist with Tiempo newspaper fled the country after a series of attacks, including an incident when two unidentified gunmen broke into his home in the rural municipality of San Marcos de Ocotepeque, near the border with El Salvador. His departure tops off a month in which five Honduran journalists were killed in a 30-day period.
Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the website Ingushetiya.org , has decided to leave her post because of “threats made to her by militants”. This followed an item entitled “Mujahedeen Address to Rosa Malsagova,” which was recently published on a militant site. Malsagova earlier asked for political asylum in France. The site will continue working until her replacement is appointed. Read more here
Mario Alviso, manager of Radyo Nitin in the Philippines, has received a text message from an unidentified sender the day after the death of political commentator Godofredo Linao’s murder, stating that the killing was “just a sample” of what could be done, and that “he would be next.” Read more here
A well-known Mozambican television journalist, Ercilio Zacarias, has been forced to move his family, after receiving anonymous death threats. It is suspected the death threats may arise from TIM news items that angered the powerful Brazilian cult, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD). Read more here