"For many years, Griselda, one of the first people to arrive at the street where Javier Valdez lay dead with 12 bullets in his body, cursed her husband: 'Why did he have to sign that article,' 'he was selfish and didn't think of us' or 'he didn't love us as much as he said...,' she […]
"The murder of Colombian journalist and humorist Jaime Garzón, perpetrated on Aug. 13, 1999, will reach the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which will study the violation of the fundamental rights to life, personal integrity and freedom of thought and expression involved in his homicide. In this regard, the IACHR admitted the petition that […]
"The Attorney General's Office of the State of Chiapas issued a report on Mon. Sept. 27, requesting the the public's help in figuring out the whereabouts of journalist Roberto Flores Mendoza, who has been missing since Sept. 20. The journalist was last seen in the neighborhood of La Pileta, in the municipality of Comitán de […]
"[...] Journalist Gabriel Pereyra (Radio Sarandí, VTV) denounced last weekend through his Twitter account that a police chief at the Intelligence Service had ordered for him to be monitored and followed. 'The third in command in the Police Intelligence Service ordered surveillance on my person. The president [of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou] and the minister […]
"A people's tribunal, which held a series of hearings on journalists killings, condemned Mexico, Sri Lanka and Syria on Sept. 19 and called for an 'independent and comprehensive' review of measures in place to protect the news media. Composed of international jurists, [the tribunal] heard testimonies during six months on the 2009 murder of Lasantha […]
"The Nicaraguan government took CNN en Español off the air Thurs. Sept. 22 at 12:07 a.m. ET, 10:07 p.m. Wed. in the Central American country. (...) CNN issued a statement on the off-airing of its signal in Nicaragua: 'At CNN en Español we believe in the vital role that freedom of the press plays in […]
"The Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories ordered the withdrawal of the air of two UOL feature stories on the use of cash for the purchase of real estate by the family of President Jair Bolsonaro. The decision, by Judge Demetrius Gomes Cavalcanti, heeded the appeal filed by the defense of Senator […]
"The closure of 54 media outlets in Nicaragua by orders of the Government of Daniel Ortega, the confiscation of three other newspaper companies plus the closure of some 1,800 non-governmental organizations are for Carlos Fernando Chamorro, director of Confidencial, the greatest evidence of the 'drastic closure' in his country. Chamorro shared his insights with other […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) and 12 other organizations announced this Wed. Sep. 21, the call for an act in defense of press professionals and democracy. The event is a response to the escalation of threats, aggressions, physical and virtual attacks, and attempts of censorship and intimidation against journalists. […]
"A Guatemalan judge ordered this Tues., Sept. 13, to release without charges journalist Carlos Choc, who had been accused of instigating violence during a demonstration in 2021. Judge Aníbal Arteaga [...] dismissed the accusations against Choc. The judge said there was insufficient evidence to support the accusation made by the Guatemalan Public Prosecutor's Office (MP, […]