"The hitmen came for Cecilio Pineda Birto as he swung in a hammock at a carwash, waiting for his pickup to be cleaned. The 38-year-old freelance reporter was shot dead on 2 March 2017 in Ciudad Altamirano, a town in the southern Mexican region of Tierra Caliente – a battleground for rival organised crime factions. […]
"IFEX-ALC is concerned over the 11 July theft of computers and an external hard drive from the home of CAinfo president Fabián Werner and his partner, journalist María Natalia Rodríguez. The theft took place within a context of increasing hostility against the media in Uruguay, which was highlighted by CAinfo in its 7th Threats Monitoring […]
"Born in Zipaquirá on March 3, 1940, Germán Castro Caycedo was a Colombian writer and cronista. His works stood out around the world thanks to the testimonies about the reality of Colombia. As reported by Noticias Caracol, the journalist died in his house due to a fight against cancer and it was his wife who […]
“The National Association of Journalists of Peru condemns the attacks on journalists during a demonstration of Fujimori sympathizers in the streets of downtown Lima on Wednesday, July 14, in the afternoon and evening. In this protest, members of the self-styled group 'La Resistencia' attacked Fátima Chávez of Canal N; Anghela Torres, Karina Reynafarge Herrada, Ronald […]
"On July 11, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 52/21, in which it granted precautionary measures in favour of Willih Francisco Narváez González and Alberto José Miranda Herrera, after considering that they find themselves in a situation of serious and urgent risk of irreparable damage to their rights in Nicaragua. According […]
"On July 7, at about 6 p.m., agents with the Chilean Investigative Police shot rubber bullets at [journalists Vicente Rojas López and Felipe García] while they were covering the funeral procession of activist Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda as it passed in front of the Investigative Police headquarters in Santiago, the capital, hitting García in the face […]
"A journalist from Moju, northeastern Pará, was shot at on Friday night (July 9). According to residents, two suspects shot at least seven times at the victim, who was reportedly shot in the chest and face on his way home, after attending an Adventist church service. He was taken to Belém, where he must receive […]
"The government of Nayib Bukele denied a work permit to American journalist, Roman Olivier Gressier, a member of El Faro. The news was published on the social networks of the media outlet, which said that in a week, two foreign journalists have received similar refusals 'under questionable grounds.' Last week, Mexican editor Daniel Lizárraga was […]
"The repressive forces of the Cuban regime, in their eagerness to contain the popular demonstrations that take place in about thirty localities, also charge against reporters and photographers from the international press. Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Ramón Espinosa was one of the most affected. An image of Adalberto Roque, from AFP, shows him with a […]
"The 2021 Global Investigative Journalism Conference is this November 1-5, and for the first time, we’re doing it all online. The conference is the seminal international event in investigative journalism, featuring practical panels and workshops on the latest investigative techniques, data analysis, online research, cross-border collaboration, and more by the best journalists in the field. […]
"Late Friday afternoon (July 9), President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyer, Frederick Wassef, sent a message to this columnist's Whatsapp attacking her personally and telling her, among other things, to move to China. 'Do what you do here at work, to see what the wonderful political system you love so much would do to you. Back in […]
"Reporter Lucas Lobo, correspondent for Rede Amazônica in Humaitá, was attacked by former mayor Herivâneo Seixas, this Thursday (July 8). The professional registered a police report. The attack took place on the street, in front of a store owned by the former mayor. The reporter sought out Oliveira to comment on the investigation by the […]