Petro Retracts for Calling Journalists “Mafia Dolls”
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President Gustavo Petro rectified and presented excuses for saying during the possession of human rights defender Iris Marin, in 2024, that “the journalists of power, the dolls of the mafia, built the thesis of terrorism in the protest and the criminalization of the genuine right to protest.” The phrase violated the rights of women journalists to “live a life free of violence and not to be discriminated against” and to their freedom of expressio…
President Gustavo Petro offered public apologies and retracted the expressions he used in August 2024 against a group of journalists, who he described as “the journalists of power” and “the dolls of the mafia”, following an order issued by the Constitutional Court. During an intervention in the Council of Ministers, the president formally withdrew his statements and recognized the role of women journalists in the country. “Women who do journalis…
President Gustavo Petro publicly retracted the statements in which he described several Colombian journalists as “mafia dolls,” an expression that had generated a strong national controversy and rejection by organizations defending press freedom. The rectification came after multiple criticisms from the media, sectors ... The post Petro was retracted for calling journalists “Muñecas de la Mafia” appeared first on ::Tolima Online::.
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