"After a 37-year wait, the oral trial will begin for the disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca, from radio Huanta 2000 and correspondent for the newspaper La República in Huanta (Ayacucho, Peru). He was last seen on Aug. 2, 1984 when he entered the navy barracks, stationed in the province's Municipal Stadium. The Fourth National […]
"Two Cuban journalists who remained stranded for more than 30 hours at the San Salvador International Airport have been admitted to the Central American country by the government of President Nayib Bukele, after the regime of Daniel Ortega, an ally of Havana, rejected their entry to Nicaragua. Independent reporters Esteban Rodríguez and Héctor Luis Valdés […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Meta Journalism Project opened, on Jan. 5, registration for the program Accelerating Digital Transformation, aimed at professionals and students who have participated in one of the three editions of Abraji's local journalism courses. The (previous) trainings addressed both editorial production and sustainability issues and were held between 2019 and […]
"The Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) called on Jan. 4, National Journalist Day in this country, to guarantee conditions of freedom and security for the work of information professionals. In a statement, UN-DH said that in addition to recognizing those who practice journalism, 'it is essential to […]
"With three groups detected as aggressors, 93 attacks and the murder of a journalist, it is how the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP) [in the state of Veracruz] closed its statistics for 2021, Israel Hernández Sosa, executive secretary of CEAPP, said. He commented that organized crime occupies a high percentage within […]
“After an increase in COVID-19 cases in the TV Record newsroom, the São Paulo Journalists Union (SJSP) is demanding measures to mitigate contagion among professionals. In a statement sent to the company's HR, the SJSP requested the immediate adoption of home office for as many employees as possible, massive testing, supply of face masks and adoption […]
"For more than a decade, Marcela Turati has painstakingly documented disappearances and mass graves in Mexico, cementing her reputation as one of the country’s foremost investigative reporters. But even with her knowledge of human rights abuses and corruption, she was shocked to learn that she has been under investigation by Mexican federal authorities for years. […]
"On Jan. 3, 2022, journalist Guillermo Bazán, a reporter for "Ke Buena Virú" was struck by Roger Ubillús, manager of the Municipality of Virú, a city in the La Libertad region, in northern Peru. [...] Faced with the insistent demands of the reporter, the municipal manager reacted by giving him a strong blow to the […]
"Julio Chiapetta, former head of Sports for the newspaper Clarín, was declared in absentia for a lawsuit filed against him by the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez and a judge from the Single Sentencing Court, Inés Galarza, ordered his capture. The journalist said that he had not been duly notified. Argentine trade associations and the […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 183rd Regular Period of Sessions from March 7 to 18. The format for holding the Period of Sessions will be implemented in response to the fulfillment of its mandates and functions given the seriousness of the situation that the region and the world are going […]