"The Justice Ministry and Public Security has approved regulations establishing operations guidelines for the Observatory on Violence Against Journalists and Media Professionals. The information was published in the Official Gazette on Monday and is now in effect. The observatory is a permanent entity under the ministry’s National Secretariat of Justice (abbreviated in Portuguese to Senajus). […]
The U.S.-based Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) announced the expansion of its Spanish-language custom training for journalists. Although it has offered sessions, workshops and training to Spanish-speaking journalists inside and outside the U.S. since 2020, the organization will expand these offerings in 2025. Some of the workshops now available include: accessing public information, introduction to […]
“Two years after the death of environmental activist and reporter Abisaí Pérez, whose body was found in the community of San José (Tula, Hidalgo) in February 2023, there has been no significant progress in the investigation. Family members claim the case file is full of omissions by prosecutors and that ‘from the beginning, there was […]
On Friday, Feb. 7, Milton René Polanco Orellana, president of the Jutiapa Journalists Association, was reported missing. Family members said that when they went looking for him at his home in the Santa Bárbara neighborhood, they found the interior of the residence destroyed. Read full article [in Spanish]
"Journalist Clara Elvira Ospina has reported being the target of a systematic attack, directly accusing government officials of being behind the messages. In a video posted on social media, she said these officials are sent from anonymous profiles to intimidate and insult her relentlessly. In a video shared on her personal X account, the Epicentro […]
“ARTICLE 19 is expressing concern over stigmatizing and intimidating actions by Guatemalan government officials, particularly from the Public Ministry and congress as journalists Marvin Del Cid and Sonny Figueroa carried out their reporting. Recently, the digital outlet Vox Populi investigated the use of a vehicle by Congress President Nery Ramos, and the refusal of Special […]
The free speech advocacy organization Fundamedios documented more than 10 cases of journalists facing obstacles to reporting on Ecuador’s presidential election on February 9. Restrictions included being prevented from filming inside polling stations, according to their records. At least three journalists were removed from the premises and forced to delete footage. In other cases, electoral […]
“A record number of journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, figures published today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) show. Israel is responsible for nearly 70 percent of that total. At least 124 journalists across 18 countries were killed last year, making it the deadliest year for reporters and media workers since CPJ started […]
"Journalist and former correspondent of Radio Corporación, Irving Guerrero Montes, was arrested in the city of León in Nicaragua by the National Police of that country under the accusation of alleged illegal possession of weapons. The arrest was confirmed by the pro-government radio station Radio Venceremos La Estación de la Amistad, owned by former mayor […]
“The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of Brazil is seeking payment of 5 million reais [US$867,000] from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God for damages to the justice system, to access to justice and to freedom of expression and press, promoted through judicial harassment against journalist João Paulo Cuenca. According to a civil investigation […]
“At least 530 aggressions against journalists were recorded in 2024 in Colombia, as reported the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its initials in Spanish), which showed its concern because this figure represents a notable increase with respect to the 470 in 2023. This is what emerges from the article 'The censorship of the new […]
“Article 19 – Office for Mexico and Central America warned of a second attack this year on digital media in Mexico. Since Feb. 4, the website of media outlet MTP Noticias in Puebla has been the victim of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. This is the second attack of this type documented this year, [after the […]