"The National Press Association (ANP), which brings together Bolivia's main print media, warned on Feb. 6 that the back-to-back acts of corruption and judicial impunity recently uncovered in the country pose 'a high risk' for freedom of the press and expression. The association released a statement in which it expresses 'deep concern' over these events […]
"A Nicaraguan judge found journalist Miguel Mora guilty for the crime of 'conspiracy' on Feb. 4. Mora was one of seven presidential candidates imprisoned in the country for eight months, after announcing his intention to run against President Daniel Ortega. Ortega was re-elected in November for a fourth consecutive term. The former director of the […]
"Journalist Givanildo Oliveira, 46, was murdered on Monday night Feb. 7, hours after publishing a report on the arrest of a murder suspect. Oliveira was one of the founders of the site Pirambu News, which covered news about the neighborhood of Fortaleza. The first report indicates that he had been threatened not to publish information about […]
"MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two prominent U.S. Senators published an open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday asking him to “urge the Mexican government to seriously improve efforts to protect journalists.” Four journalists in Mexico were killed in January, and a fifth was attacked but escaped unharmed in February after the attacker’s gun […]
"Journalist Anabel Hernández said she will not ignore threats against her, such as those made by actor Andrés García, made public through a video, and for which she has already sued him in a criminal court. 'In said lawsuit I asked the Prosecutor's Office that in addition to threats against me, Mr. Andrés García's gender […]
"Around 2 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31, an unknown number of armed individuals riding in two vehicles fired several rounds and threw Molotov cocktails into the offices of private outlet Radio Télé Zenith, located in the Croix-des-Bouquets area of the capital Port-au-Prince, according to news reports and Chimene Sylvestre, the outlet’s manager, who spoke with […]
"The first month of 2022 ended with 24 cases recorded, totaling 57 violations of the right to freedom of expression. The most frequent violations were harassment, intimidation and censorship, and 70% of the victims turned out to be journalists [...] The most frequent aggressors continue to be, for the most part, State institutions (36%), security […]
"Fresh blocks on a handful of Venezuela’s few remaining independent news websites are a troubling sign of escalating press censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday [Feb 4]. Journalists and experts say private internet service providers (ISPs) are censoring the sites for the first time, though they have been unavailable on state-run networks for […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned this Wednesday of "serious implications for press freedom" in El Salvador due to recent modifications to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPP) to combat computer crimes that "creates the legal status of an "undercover digital agent.” According to the agency's statement, the reform, approved on Feb. 1, by the Legislative […]
"Violence against the press in Mexico continues to be unstoppable. The director of a Mexican Caribbean news outlet suffered an attack on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at night. He escaped unharmed thanks to the fact that the attacker's weapon jammed at the moment he was going to shoot him. This saved him by mere seconds from […]