“Journalists Mileydi Trujillo and Elvin Martínez were detained on the morning of this Sunday, Nov. 7, by agents of the regime's police force when the reporters were covering the questioned elections of Daniel Ortega. The reporters, from media page ‘Masaya al día,' were in a taxi near the San Jerónimo roundabout, at the entrance to […]
"The Ortega regime denied entry to the country to journalist Mary Beth Sheridan, Mexico and Central America correspondent for The Washington Post, who intended to cover the general elections on Sunday, Nov. 7. According to the journalist's account, this Thursday [Nov. 4] she arrived at Mexico's International Airport with ticket in hand, ready to travel […]
"The Prosecutor General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, spoke out on Oct. 28, 2021 against the campaign of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) which asks for President Jair Bolsonaro to unblock 65 journalists on Twitter. Aras claims that Bolsonaro's posts on the social network 'have no official character.' However, four advisors from the […]
"The Union of Professional Journalists in the State of São Paulo (SJSP, for its acronym in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) demand strong and immediate action regarding the situation of journalist Marcelo Hailer, who has received numerous threats in recent days after the publication of the article "Massacre: Police operation in Minas […]
“At the end of the G20 summit, while other leaders were giving press conferences, President Jair Bolsonaro went out to meet supporters near the Brazilian embassy, in the center of Rome. The president was hostile to journalists. And the security guards around him were violent with those who tried to ask questions. When asking why […]
“The main print media represented by the National Press Association (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish) and the National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB) called on the government to bring to justice the masterminds and material authors of the abduction and torture of journalists, this past Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in the Guarayos province […]
“Two years and seven months after his arbitrary detention, Espacio Público demands once again the dismissal of the case against Luis Carlos Díaz, a journalist and human rights defender whose court case continues despite the lack of evidence against him and even though the prosecutor's office has not delivered the final act of its investigation. […]
“The Ortega regime has blocked the entry of the foreign press to cover elections next Sunday, Nov. 7. About a dozen reporters and photojournalists from different international media have tried to enter the country, but immigration authorities have not allowed it, despite the fact that they have complied with all immigration and health requirements." Read […]
"Liberal representatives Roya Torres and Esmérita Sánchez, as well as Rocío Abed presented a bill 'To protect journalists, communicators and human rights defenders,' coinciding with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on Nov. 2. The objective, according to the bill, is that communicators can have a legal framework and to […]
"Photojournalist Alfredo Cardoso Echeverría died this Sunday [Oct. 31], after being injured at dawn on Oct. 29, when he was forced to leave his home in a violent manner. Cardoso Echeverría was found with two gunshot wounds, near his home. " Read original article (in Spanish)
"The Network of Journalists for Diversity in Communication, an entity that brings together Black and Indigenous journalists focused on making communication more diverse and representative throughout its structure, will hold on Nov. 19 and 20 the 1st International Meeting of Journalists of the African Diaspora. With national and international guests, the meeting will address actions […]
"The dark list of attacks on the press continues in Mexico. This Thursday [Oct. 28), journalist Fredy López Arévalo was shot dead in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The attack took place around eight o'clock in the afternoon in the door of the home of the reporter, who was returning home accompanied by his […]