"Jânio Freitas de Souza and Otávio da Costa Oliveira, arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police a month ago for involvement in the murder of English journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, had government contracts during the administration of Mayor Dênis Linder Rojas de Paiva (União Brasil) of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state. Otávio […]
"Independent journalist and founder of the news outlet Memphis Noticias, Manuel Durán, will receive the HMH Foundation's First Amendment Award after winning his asylum case, following his arrest and detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The jury of the 2022 The First Amendment Awards decided to award Durán this honor in the Journalism […]
"The second week of the election campaign was marked by an explosion of insults against journalists and news outlets on social media. The sabatinas with presidential candidates on Jornal Nacional mobilized hundreds of thousands of attacks against TV Globo,. Also, an aggressive speech by President Jair Bolsonaro against journalist Vera Magalhães during the first televised […]
"ARTICLE 19 expresses its concern and alert about the intensification of the repressive scenario that has arisen in recent months against journalists [in Cuba], by forcing them to publicly resign their jobs in exchange for not being imprisoned. So far we know of the resignations of Cynthia de la Cantera of the digital news outlet […]
"FLIP welcomes the appeals court decision of the Administrative Court of Antioquia, Colombia, confirming the responsibility of the State in the case of the murder of journalist Edison Molina. This decision was made based on the absolutely passive position adopted by the State in the face of the situation of danger faced by the journalist. […]
"A committee of Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação (EBC, by its Portuguese acronym) employees released on Tues. Aug. 30th a report that points out that this public communication company has been the target of editorial interference and censorship by the government of Jair Bolsonaro. According to the report, from August last year to July this year, […]
"Access to public information is crucial for journalists and civil society actors to be able to track money and hold power accountable. However, the platforms that host this data in Latin America are not always easy to use. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) with the support of Chile Transparente, SANCUS and the […]
"In a fiery criticism of Uruguayan journalism and the 'role' it plays in today's society, Graciela Bianchi, senator of the National Party and on several occasions interim vice-president of the Republic [of Uruguay], questioned Eduardo Preve from Salta. Preve is the director of the news program of TV Ciudad (a channel belonging to the Municipality […]
"The Constitutional Court [of Colombia] selected for review a tutela (constitutional protection action) filed by journalist Claudia Julieta Duque against the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) for having collected, without her consent, 25,183 records through the GPS of the vehicle assigned for her protection. She claims she was a victim of illegal […]
Another young Cuban independent journalist, Meilin Puertas Borrero, decided to resign from her job at the news outlet elToque, due to harassment by the Cuban State Security. "Today, with a lump in my throat, I make public my resignation from El Toque, the news outlet where in recent times I grew as a journalist and […]
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, offended this Sun. Aug. 28 a female journalist during the first debate between the candidates, ahead of the October presidential election. Bolsonaro accused journalist Vera Magalhaes of "lying" and "taking sides" for a question she asked and, in an ironic tone, told her that he believes the journalist has "some […]
"The Puerto Rico Journalists Association (Asppro, by its Spanish acronym), the Overseas Press Club (OPC), the Puerto Rico Photojournalists Association (AFPR) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) condemned this morning the aggression and excessive use of force by officers of the Police Strike Force against journalists and photojournalists during the mobilization of uniformed […]