Press Freedom

Press-freedom group C-Libre is organizing a network of relatives of murdered and disappeared journalists and media workers in Honduras to seek memory, truth, and justice through collective action and mutual support.

Honduras's College of Journalists called for prosecutors to investigate Libre politician Rixi Moncada over recent statements they say denigrate the press and recalled her role as Defense Ministry secretary during alleged attacks on reporters by military leadership.

The Appeals Court in Francisco Morazán is reviewing a defense motion while the preliminary hearing against Roosevelt Hernández, the former head of Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff, remains suspended; Hernández faces charges for publicly attacking journalists in 2025.

A Tegucigalpa court admitted an appeal by the defense of retired General Roosevelt Hernández against a formal processing order from a September 1 hearing; his lawyers seek reversal and dismissal of charges alleging incitement to discrimination and infringement of fundamental rights related to press freedom.

A judge formally charged former military chief Roosevelt Hernández after the Journalists' Association filed a complaint over a social-media post in which he called several reporters "hired killers" (sicarios), an allegation Hernández says amounts to censorship.

Honduras saw 235 alerts of attacks on journalists, communicators, and human rights defenders during 2024–2025, with a 19.6% spike in 2025 during the electoral period; C-Libre documents 11 murders, an 86.6% impunity rate, and state actors responsible for over half of all incidents.

Roosevelt Hernández, former head of the Honduran armed forces' Joint Chiefs, was ordered to defend himself without pretrial detention in a case stemming from a military digital newspaper's 2025–2026 publications targeting three journalists.

A court rejected a legal appeal by retired General Roosevelt Hernández, who now must appear for his first hearing on August 19 to face charges related to alleged actions against journalists and press freedom.

Honduras's journalists' association called for an immediate investigation into allegations that magistrates Sonia Marlina Dubón and Mario Díaz pressured the judge overseeing the criminal trial of former military commander Roosevelt Hernández, claims brought by two civil society organizations, ASOPODEHU and JOPRODEHU.

A court hearing for former Armed Forces chief Roosevelt Hernández, accused of inciting discrimination and obstructing press freedom against three journalists, has been postponed to August 19 after the originally scheduled August 7 session did not occur.

Journalist Rodrigo Wong Arévalo responded to charges against former military commander Roosevelt Hernández over alleged attacks on media freedom and election officials, arguing that press criticism is protected expression and that Hernández flouted constitutional mandates.

A lawyer representing three journalists in the case against retired general Roosevelt Hernández challenged the court's rescheduling of a pretrial hearing, saying the judicial communications office announced the change to the media before formally notifying the parties.

A court hearing for former joint chief of staff Roosevelt Hernández, who faces charges related to alleged attacks on press freedom, has been rescheduled after his defense cited a conflicting judicial appointment.

Former Joint Chiefs Commander Roosevelt Hernández said he will cooperate if formally cited after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint alleging attacks on press freedom through official Armed Forces publications between 2025 and 2026.

Honduras's prosecutor's office filed charges against Roosevelt Hernández, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for alleged attacks on press freedom through a military digital publication's campaign against journalists between 2025 and 2026.

A video has emerged of the abduction of journalist Roxana Guzmán, with her mother reacting to the footage.

Arístides Aceituno Calderón, founder of Hondudiario.com and a respected figure in Honduran journalism who served as an adviser to the presidential office, died at 67 following complications from surgery.

Congresswoman Iroshka Elvir says the Public Ministry is investigating journalist Armando Villanueva for alleged gender-based violence and defamation, and that she has been summoned to testify about verbal assaults she says occurred over several months.

A Honduran court has ordered television journalist César Silva to pay 300,000 lempiras (about $11,200) in damages to a Venezuelan man after a confrontational 2019 encounter, a case Silva says was dismissed under the previous administration but reactivated following the return of the Nationalist Party to power.

The European Union is holding seminars on June 18 in San Pedro Sula and June 22 in Tegucigalpa aimed at training journalists, academics, and civic actors to identify and counter disinformation, AI-generated content, and foreign interference threatening Honduras's information integrity and democracy.

Gustavo Ramos, a respected Honduran journalist who worked for Radio Globo, Hable Como Habla, and Radio Nacional de Honduras, died on June 2 at 63; colleagues honored his decades of commitment to professional journalism and public service.