"Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo lost the right to access confidential information on the expenses card of the Presidency. The president of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Minister Humberto Martins, revoked the decision of a regional court that allowed the newspaper to have access to data on the presidential expenses card from […]
"The ninth judge of the criminal trial district of Managua, Luden Martín Quiroz García, confirmed the sentences of between 7 and 13 years in prison requested by the Public Ministry [of Nicaragua] against the five implicated in the case known as Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (FVBCH). (...) Cristiana Chamorro Barrios, former director of the […]
"The Symbiosis residencies offer selected participants the opportunity to carry out, over the course of a month, a narrative journalism project on the Yucatan Peninsula. Participants will be hosted by Gatopardo in Mérida, where they will work on multimedia reports and receive feedback and editorial support by the Symbiosis team. To be selected, they must […]
“[In Brazil] Magazines, as well as newspapers, did not have a good year in 2021. According to the IVC (Instituto Verificador de Comunicação), print circulation fell by 28 percent, digital circulation fell by 21 percent and the total decreased 25 percent. For the survey, Poder360 chose seven magazines: Veja, Quatro Rodas, Época, Exame, Vogue, Revista […]
"[…] The Board for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay maintains that the investigation of the crime of Sandro Saúl Sánchez Benítez, 38, which occurred on March 16 in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Department of Amambay, is essential. The victim was shot three times with a firearm by an unknown motorcyclist. Sandro Saúl Sánchez […]
"Authorities in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state should promptly investigate the recent attacks on journalists covering a police protest, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On March 9, during a protest held by striking Minas Gerais police officers in Belo Horizonte, the state capital, unidentified members of that protest […]
"Authorities arrested 16 people for their alleged participation in four of the murders of journalists registered this year in Mexico, the government reported this Thursday (March 17). When presenting a balance of the actions of the State against the crimes [committed against] reporters, the Undersecretary of Security, Ricardo Mejía, said the government had documented six […]
Mexico’s government on March 16 attributed impunity in the cases of murdered journalists -seven so far this year- to the country’s prosecutors. It recalled that prosecutors are the ones responsible for investigating those cases, rather than the protection mechanisms for journalists. 'Things can't go on like this and there have to be changes. Things have […]
"Through a statement issued on March 14, from its headquarters in the city of Miami, the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its concern about the current situation faced by the media working in Nicaragua. IAPA warned that in that country, from the official institutions of the Ortega regime, freedom of the press is being undermined […]
"During a Wednesday [March 16] hearing, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will examine the large-scale use of the Pegasus spy program to monitor journalists and members of civil society in El Salvador. The move follows a joint investigation by the organizations Access Now and Citizen Lab published in January, which identified the use […]
"[Mexican] journalist Armando Linares was murdered this Tuesday [March 15] in Zitácuaro, in the state of Michoacán, as reported by the State Prosecutor's Office. The attack occurred in the afternoon (local time) 'at a private address,' according to a report from the public prosecutor. The reporter, director of the Monitor Michoacán portal, had denounced threats […]
At about 3 p.m. on March 7, a man on a motorcycle fired multiple gunshots at the broadcaster’s office in Tegucigalpa, the capital, according to news reports and Radio Globo Director Hector Amador, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview. [...] No one was injured in the attack, Amador said. He added that police […]