Chilean Journalists for Gaza Call October 11 March, Condemn Killings of Palestinian Reporters

"Killing journalists is a war crime": Two years on, more than 70 Chilean journalists backing Gaza sign an open letter condemning the killing of Palestinian reporters and call for a march this Saturday, October 11 at 18:00 (Metro El Salvador, Providencia).

The Citizen

10/10/2025 12:26pm

Two years after the genocide in Gaza, more than 70 Chilean journalists — including National Journalism Prize laureates and union leaders — are urging the public to join a march this Saturday, October 11 (18:00, Metro El Salvador). In a public letter, they denounce the killing of Palestinian journalists. The call, led by the Journalists for Palestine Bloc, underscores the right to report and the duty to remember.

The letter states, among other points:

«Killing journalists is a war crime.»
«Reporting from a single source — especially the aggressor — is not journalism; it is propaganda.»

Chilean Journalists for Gaza: open letter, denunciation, and the October 11 march

Signatories include Faride Zerán, Mónica González, María Olivia Monckeberg, Sergio Campos, Delia Vergara, Patricia Stambuk, and Abraham Santibáñez; media figures such as Amaro Gómez-Pablos, Rafael Cavada, Alejandra Matus, and Juan Cristóbal Peña; and union leaders including Rocío Alorda (Colegio de Periodistas) and Patricia Alrringo (Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Periodistas). Also among the signers are media directors: Pedro Ramírez (CIPER), Javier Martín (Agencia EFE Chile), Víctor Hugo de la Fuente (Le Monde Diplomatique Chile), and Javier Pineda Olcay (El Ciudadano).

The letter challenges the information blackout in Gaza and criticizes the uncritical repetition of official narratives. The signing organizations — Colegio de Periodistas, Sindicato Litoralpress-Simbiu, and the Red de Periodistas Migrantes — stress that responsible coverage requires a plurality of sources, protections for the press, and a clear rejection of violence.

«Silence, neutrality, or omission in the face of a genocide are not journalistic positions but forms of complicity,» the letter by journalists and media directors asserts.

Signatories:

National Journalism Prize recipients:

Faride Zerán Chelech, National Journalism Prize
Delia Vergara Larraín, National Journalism Prize
Mónica Gonzalez Mujica, National Journalism Prize
Patricia Stambuk, National Journalism Prize
María Olivia Monckeberg, National Journalism Prize
Abraham Santibáñez Martínez, National Journalism Prize
Sergio Campos Ulloa, National Journalism Prize

Heads of organizations and media directors:

Rocío Alorda Zelada, President, Colegio de Periodistas
Patricia Alrringo, President, Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Periodistas
Mauricio Weibel Barahona, Director, FLAP
Pedro Ramírez, Director, CIPER
Adrián Flandes Díaz, President, Sindicato Litoralpress
Artur Romeu, Latin America Director, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Javier Martin, Director, Agencia EFE Chile
Víctor Hugo de la Fuente, Director, Le Monde Diplomatique Chile
César Baeza Hidalgo, Director, Iniciativa por Más Periodismo y Libertad de Expresión (IPLE)
Stephanie Elías Musalem, Director, Centro de Información Palestina
Javier Pineda Olcay, Director, El Ciudadano

Journalists:

Amaro Gomez Pablos
María Eugenia Camus
Juan Cristobal Peña
Rafael Cavada de Vasconcellos
Alejandra Matus
Alejandra Valle
Dino Pancani
Mauricio Ávila Cárdenas
Rodrigo Herrera
Paulo Slachevsky
Florencia Khamis Pincheira
Gustavo González
Antonio Neme Fajuri
Marcia Scantlebury
Yasna Mussa
Francisca Quiroga
Lina Meruane
Ximena Poo
Alejandra Carmona F.
Alejandra Costamagna
Odette Magnet
Galy Chávez
Bernardita Ruffinelli
Mario Antonio Guzmán
Cristian Buscaglia
Claudia Andrés Sánchez
Rafael Urrejola
Andrea Figueroa
Vivienne Barry
Mario López
Víctor Pino
Patricia Collyer
Mary Zajer
Juan Guillermo Figueroa
Angélica Beas
Tania Tamayo
Loreto Rebolledo
Juan Ylorm
Gabriel Canihuante
Carlos Vergara
Gustavo Manem
Héctor Carcamo
Jorge Donoso
María Piedad Vergara
Manuel Francisco Daniels
Manuel Delano
Ignacio Badal
Víctor De la Fuente
Tebni Pino
Francisco Martorell
Carlos Alzamora
Libio Pérez
Ignacio Vidaurrázaga
Guillermo Hormazabal
Gustavo González
Patricio López
Carolina Rossetti
Nancy Ramírez
Cecilia Olmos
Jacmel Cuevas
Marcelo Padilla
Osvaldo Zamorano
Martín Ortiz Vasquez
Gazy Jalil Figueroa
Gazy Jalil Trebotic
Matías Rojas
Cristian Sotomayor
Fernanda Schorr
Carolina Pastene Bichara
Marie Claire Dablé
Yasmin Giadalah
Irma Lagos
María Torres
Inger Ambler