"Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism) is concerned about the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese), to prohibit the interview of Filipe Martins, former advisor to former president Jair Bolsonaro, to Folha from S.Paulo. Filipe Martins was imprisoned for six months, accused by the […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced today [August 28] the winners of the Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2024 in the 12 categories, along with 17 honorable mentions recognizing works of journalism from the Americas and Spain. [...] The ceremony of the IAPA Awards for Excellence in Journalism will take place during the 80th […]
A court in Bogotá “has convicted José Miguel Narváez, former deputy director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), for the crime against humanity of aggravated and continuous torture suffered by journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. Narváez is the seventh person to be convicted in this case and has been identified by Duque as one of […]
“Nicaragua has escalated its persecution of critical voices since 2018, pushing freedom of expression to a nearly nonexistent state, according to a joint submission to the United Nations by the Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other journalism and human rights groups. The submission, prepared for Nicaragua’s Universal Periodic Review in 2024, documents the government’s […]
“Maurício Sampaio has been ordered to pay more than 700,000 reais [US$126,000] to the widow of Brazilian broadcaster Valério Luiz. The businessman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the journalist's murder. [...] In her lawsuit, Valério Luiz's widow, Lorena Nascimento e Silva de Oliveira, claimed that she and the radio broadcaster had been […]
“This Wednesday, May. 15, a Guatemalan court granted house arrest to prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, imprisoned for alleged money laundering in 2022, under the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei, of whom he was a great critic. Although the judge considered there was no risk of escape or interference, the journalist will remain in […]
“After months of tensions between the Colombian Presidency and the Press Freedom Foundation (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish), President Gustavo Petro has met with three organization delegates. The meeting was also attended by an envoy of Reporters without Borders, the international organization that monitors press rights. The president, whose criticisms of the media and […]
“Journalist Cristian Cabrales, of the [Colombian] digital media outlet Plato y la Región Noticias, denounced an attack against him. In the early hours of Aug. 25, on the road from Plato to Tenerife, in [the department of] Magdalena, an unknown individual on a motorcycle shot at the journalist several times. Cabrales was returning from a […]
*This post was updated after Carmela Longo was released "A well-known Venezuelan entertainment journalist arrested in Caracas over the weekend has been released, a media union said on Monday [Aug. 26], but she faces terrorism charges as the fallout from the country's disputed July 28 presidential election widens. Carmela Longo, who until last week worked […]
“[Argentine] President Javier Milei escalated his confrontation against journalism and defended the right of his followers to attack different journalists and media on social networks, with more than 100 messages of general and personalized harassment, during the last two weeks. In that period, Milei attacked 33 journalists and hosts of radio and TV programs, along […]
“Newspaper La Razón from La Paz will stop circulating its print edition as of Sept. 1, due to large debts that make its printing unsustainable, two journalists from that newspaper told Brújula Digital. The digital edition of the media outlet will continue. The information was also released through a publication on the Facebook page of […]
"On Aug. 23, 2024, IPYS' online presentation of its report on the criminalization of journalists as a way to intimidate the press that investigates power was attacked by trolls who managed to shut down the event. The event was taking place normally until the presentation of [journalist Rosario] Romaní, who told about the judicial harassment […]