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El Salvador’s press remains under hostile environment, according to human rights observatory

“The Salvadoran press experienced a hostil environment in 2021 with attacks, espionage and the discrediting of journalism. This puts at risk fundamental rights in a democratic system such as freedom of the press and access to information, according to a report presented on Tues. July 26. The document Freedom of the press and access to […]

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'Covering a lawless land': Brazilian journalists on reporting in the Amazon after Dom Phillips’ and Bruno Pereira’s killings

"The June murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira, whom police suspect were killed by people with ties to illegal fishing in the Amazon, amounted to a 'nightmare' come true, Brazilian journalist Daniel Camargos, who often covers the Amazon, told CPJ in a phone interview. [...] To learn more about […]

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The feminist and rebellious journalism of Mexican Lydia Cacho

"On her way through Barcelona to present her memoir 'Cartas de amor y rebeldía [letters of love and rebellion]', Lydia Cacho explains in an interview with EFE that women journalists of her generation were pioneers 'in a men's industry where women were not welcome.' 'We lived in a world under a male gaze,' the Mexican […]

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Venezuelan National Police summons journalist to reveal sources

"The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (Sntp), denounced this Tues. July 26 that the Bolivarian National Police had summoned a community journalist from the state of Zulia, with the purpose of forcing her to reveal the identity of one of her sources. The Bolivarian National Police, stationed in Zulia, summoned the journalist of […]

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Uruguay: Journalist Silvia Techera receives death threats for a Facebook post

"Journalist Silvia Techera, who works for Uruguayan news outlets Subrayado and La Voz de Melo, received a death threat through her Facebook account. According to the message, the threat was motivated by something Techera posted regarding a person who had committed a crime. According to what the Ministry of Interior informed La Diaria (Uruguayan news outlet), […]

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Cuba: Independent journalist abandons profession due to State Security pressure

"Cuban independent journalist Cynthia de la Cantera announced this Sunday [July 24] on Facebook that she was forced to abandon her profession due to pressure from that country's State Security apparatus. De la Cantera said that she has publicly denounced the harassment that the repressive bodies have kept on her and her partner during the […]

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Mexico: Journalist Rubén Haro survives shooting attempt in Ciudad Obregón

"At about 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, unidentified attackers shot at Haro, founder and editor of the Facebook-based news outlet Las Noticias de la Red, in Ciudad Obregón, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, according to news reports, a statement by his outlet, and Haro, who spoke to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a phone interview. […]

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Nicaragua: IAPA denounces serious health deterioration of journalists imprisoned by Daniel Ortega's regime

"At least six journalists imprisoned in Nicaragua by the regime of Daniel Ortega are suffering serious health deterioration, after months of being imprisoned in torture-like conditions, denounced the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), through a statement. The IAPA warned this week that these six journalists were condemned to sentences of up to 13 years in […]

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Brazilian program launches video tracing the path journalist Dom Phillips followed to his death

"Abraji's Tim Lopes program launched on Friday, July 22, 2022, a detailed video about the journey and last moments in life of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Araújo, who were chased and killed while crossing a river to Atalaia do Norte, [in Amazonas state, in Brazil]. Charged and arrested for the double murder, three […]

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Editorial staff of La Prensa forced to leave Nicaragua due to persecution by Ortega's regime

"The Daniel Ortega regime's persecution of the staff of Diario LA PRENSA this month forced the newspaper's staff to flee the country. Journalists, editors, photographers and other staff were forced to leave Nicaragua irregularly [without proper travel documentation] in the last two weeks to protect their safety and freedom." Read original story (in Spanish)

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Ecuador's government calls Communication Law reforms a 'gag' measure

"The Government of Ecuador described as 'gag' the reforms approved by the opposition in the National Assembly (Parliament) to the Communication Law and announced that the president, conservative Guillermo Lasso, 'will evaluate the pertinent actions to safeguard democracy.' The General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency stated in a press release that 'the National Assembly […]

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Brazil: Amazônia Real website is censored by Amazonas Justice

"An Amazonas Court censored a feature story by Amazônia Real, forcing the agency to take it down under penalty of a fine. Published on May 14, 2021, the story 'Amazon Immersion yacht had no authorization', written by journalist Leanderson Lima, pointed out the names of the boat owners. In April of last year, in the […]