"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 […]
"Journalists from Folha de S.Paulo signed an open letter protesting content they consider racist published in the newspaper. Here is the full text in Portuguese. It was endorsed by 186 journalists, with 164 nominal signatures. In the document, the professionals express their concern about the recurring publication in the newspaper of content they consider racist. […]
"Press teams of Red Uno, Univalle, Los Tiempos, and others were intimidated on the morning of Jan. 18, with the explosion of firecrackers (fireworks) and stone-throwing by a group of people who said they were against the vaccination card requirement. The protesters blocked traffic on Petrolera Avenue, kilometer 6, south of the city of Cochabamba, […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE) condemn the murder of the Lenca indigenous leader and community journalist Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera in Honduras. It urges the State of Honduras to investigate the events in a prompt and diligent manner. Likewise, it asks […]
"Two journalists were murdered in Mexico in a week. Freelance photojournalist Margarito Martínez was shot on Monday Jan. 17 in the border city of Tijuana, the same day the murder of another journalist in the state of Veracruz was confirmed. Martínez, who worked as a police photographer for several national and international media outlets and […]
Minister Rosa Weber, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF, by its Portuguese acronym), ruled that the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 7055, in which the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) alleges the existence of judicial harassment against the press, be analyzed directly in merit by the Plenary. The measure takes into account the topic's […]
"In March 2015, [Mexican journalist] Carmen Aristegui and her team were fired from MVS Radio. Facing what clearly appeared to be an act of censorship, the journalist, her team and a network of more than 18 million listeners decided not to remain silent. Interested in recording the process of that mobilization, the documentary filmmaker Juliana […]
"Veracruz journalist José Luis Gamboa Arenas unfortunately passed away last Saturday, Jan. 15, after being stabbed during an alleged robbery in the port of Veracruz [Mexico]. Seriously injured, Gamboa Arenas was taken to a hospital where his death was later confirmed. 'The motive for the crime of said male person is unknown. It was only […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (Apes, for its acronym in Spanish) notified the Attorney General's Office on Jan. 14 of the alleged espionage suffered by journalists and activists in the Central American country and of the hacking of the mobile phone that the union uses to receive complaints from communicators at-risk. The president […]