"The Association of Graphic Reporters of the Argentine Republic (Argra) commemorated this Jan. 25 [...] the 25th anniversary of the murder of photographer José Luis Cabezas. The organizers of the memorial said the crime against the journalist was "an act to intimidate journalism and society." The event was also attended by representatives of press unions, under the […]
"This Wed. Jan. 26 in the morning, after a car chase, armed individuals shot at the Oaxacan journalist José Ignacio Santiago Martínez, when he was on his way to the city of Juchitán, in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the victim confirmed to EL UNIVERSAL, the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People […]
"During 2021, 89 journalists and media outlets were the target of 119 gender-related attacks related to their profession, which represents almost 10 cases of aggression, abuse, threats and intimidation per month. As a result of monitoring gender-based violence against journalists, carried out by the Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (Abraji), the data includes attacks involving […]
"Journalists and citizens from all over Mexico wen out this Tues. Jan. 25 to protest in more than thirty cities to denounce the violence suffered by journalists. Mexico is the most dangerous country in the world to practice the profession, with dozens of murders every year and hundreds of attacks. Impunity reigns. Every year, around […]
"Law 6, signed on Jan. 22, 2002, "which dictates rules for transparency in public management, establishes the action of habeas data and dictates other provisions," celebrates its first 20 years in an environment of controversy over access to public information, the resistance of national and local authorities to deliver information, and paradoxically supported by an […]
"With an essay that addresses the violence suffered by journalists in Mexico and the risks that this entails for society, the 21-year-old Mexican Natalia Sobrino-Saeb won the contest that allowed her to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and to meet the winners. The winning essay is titled 'Dangers for the press and society.' 'Journalists […]
"The Inter-American Press Association asked the Mexican and Honduran authorities to quickly and thoroughly investigate the motives behind the murders of three reporters in recent days. The organization reiterated its complaint about the lack of efficiency of the protection and safety mechanisms for journalists. IAPA's president Jorge Canahuati expressed his condolences to the families and […]
"Journalist María de Lourdes Maldonado López, who was assassinated yesterday outside her home in Tijuana, Baja California, had attended President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's morning press conference [on March 26, 2019] to ask him for help, as she feared for her life. [...] The Attorney General of the State of Baja California reported on Jan. […]
"Journalist María de Lourdes Maldonado López, who was assassinated yesterday outside her home in Tijuana, Baja California, had attended President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's morning press conference [on March 26, 2019] to ask him for help, as she feared for her life. [...] The Attorney General of the State of Baja California said yesterday that […]
“The Prato Limpo (clean plate) show host, Daniel Carniel, claimed to have been attacked on Friday afternoon (Jan. 14) at the door of Adesso TV. He was punched and kicked at the entrance. With a bloody face, Carniel went live and recounted the aggression, defined by him as an "attack." (...) ‘In my show I […]
"The COVID-19 pandemic and last year's social protests have increased the repression of the Cuban State against journalists and activists, especially women, denounced the Mexican NGO Article 19 on Jan. 18. According to the report 'The paper democracy,' this collective in defense of the freedom of the press registered on the island in the first […]
"The day El Faro reporter Julia Gavarrete’s father passed away, her phone was infected with Pegasus spyware that could activate the microphone and camera, and read all her messages – one of multiple occasions her privacy was invaded with the tool over the course of several months. Gavarrete made this disturbing discovery while cooperating with […]