"Police beat at least two journalists and arrested two others during a protest for human rights in Xochimilco, a southern borough of Mexico City, on Thursday, Sept. 5, according to members of the media who witnessed the incidents. Police arrested Penélope Estefanía Galicia Argumedo, a reporter with community radio station Radio Zapote; and Elizabeth Díaz, […]
"[Mexican] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said this Thursday (Sept. 5) that in his government there have been no murders of journalists or politicians 'beyond what the circumstances have caused,' despite the fact that the organization Article 19 has documented 47 homicides of communicators in the six-year period. Questioned during his press conference about the […]
"Editor’s note: This alert has been updated to remove previous mentions of journalist Fabiola Tercero, whose whereabouts are still unknown after police raided her home on July 12, 2014, according to news reports. Nicaraguan authorities deported 135 political prisoners to Guatemala on Thursday, Sept. 5, including journalist Víctor Ticay. [...] Authorities arrested Ticay, a reporter for privately owned TV broadcaster Canal 10, […]
"The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its acronym in Spanish) published a statement in which it rejects an armed attack against the house of journalist Carlos Monroy. According to the APG, on the night of Monday, Sept. 2 of this year, shots were fired against the house of journalist Carlos Monroy. In the […]
"Sources from the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guerrero confirmed that the genetic profiles of the body located in a clandestine grave in the municipality of Taxco match the samples provided by relatives of Enrique Hernández Avilez, the missing journalist, who allegedly was murdered by members of the local police and buried in […]
“In seeking to convey and expose the difficulties and problems facing community journalism in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, various social organizations from affected countries and the region requested to have a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in November of this year. The requesting entities, including the World Association of […]
“Through a decree, the president [of Argentina] Javier Milei restricted access to public information about the Government's actions, as well as the private activity and part of the public activity of its officials. At the same time, the Executive Branch will have the discretion to self-define and self-determine which data will be considered to be […]
“News and media organizations such as the Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish) condemned Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday [Sept. 2] for calling women journalists 'mafia dolls' in yet another attack on the press. On Aug. 30, during the inauguration of the new ombudsman, Iris Marín, the president claimed that 'the […]
“The journalist and media professional Frank Caro remains hospitalized in critical condition at the Valle del Lili clinic in Cali, Colombia. [...] He was 'intercepted by two men who shot him. He arrived on his own and was assisted by the fire department and the national police in the municipality of Caloto. Still, due to […]
A judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, Peru, declared the legal case against investigative journalist Daniel Yovera Soto closed, according to legal documents published by the newspaper La República on Aug. 25. Yovera Soto was accused of aggravated defamation by Carlos Alberto Abelardo Gómez de la Torre Pretell, representative of the San […]
The International Fund for the Public Interest Media (IFPIM) announced an investment of US $1.9 million to support five journalism organizations in Latin America, bringing its total investment in the region to nearly US $5 million since 2022. The new beneficiaries are media outlets GK (Ecuador), Agência Pública (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina), as well as […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has raised concerns over the alarming increase in violence against journalists in Ecuador, where at least six incidents were reported in just one month. RSF is calling on the Ecuadorian government to take immediate action to ensure the safety of journalists and protect the right to information. "The escalation in violence […]