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Journalist Benjamín Morales killed in Sonora, Mexico

"On the World Press Freedom Day, journalist Benjamín Morales Hernández, director of the Xonoidag News page, was found dead and with gunshot wounds. A police report indicates that at 01:55 hours yesterday [May 3] his vehicle was located with the keys in the ignition  in the vicinity of the Morelia ejido in the municipality of […]

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One dead and one injured after attack on journalist William Gutiérrez in Colombia

"Authorities are investigating the attack on journalist William Eduardo Gutiérrez Ordóñez, owner director of the community radio station Alfa Estéreo, when he was on his way to his workplace. The incident occurred when three unknown persons -two men and a woman- who were driving a motorcycle attacked the car in which the journalist was traveling […]

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Submissions are open for the 2021 Online Journalism Awards

"The Online News Association (ONA) announced today the call for entries for the 2021 Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), celebrating the best in digital journalism from around the world. In all categories, judges will give weight to the quality of the journalism, digital innovation and the impact of the projects. Submissions are due June 10, 11:59 p.m. EDT (3:59 […]

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Access of Salvadoran journalists restricted at Legislative Assembly

"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) does not rule out persecution of the press by the government of President Nayib Bukele, who now intends to control the three organs of the State. This, after the restrictions that, since yesterday [May 3], were imposed in the Legislative Assembly on […]

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RSF and FLIP warn of attack on press freedom during social protests in Colombia

"Reporters Without Borders and the Foundation for Press Freedom [of Colombia] warn that there is an imminent risk of self-censorship of those covering the protests due to the escalation of excessive use of police force against journalists, which gives clear indications of the intentionality of the attacks and their systematic nature, without there being a […]

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Press freedom organizations present report on judicial harassment of journalists in Colombia and Mexico

“On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), FLIP and ARTICLE 19 Mexico come together to stop judicial harassment against journalists and human rights defenders. Within the framework of this date, FLIP and ARTICLE 19 Mexico, with the support of Justice for Journalists, present the report Laws of Silence, judicial harassment of freedom of expression in […]

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Chilean journalism schools request government guarantee free exercise of journalism and free expression

“In the midst of a new commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, the main journalism schools in the country issued a letter to the Chilean government to express their deep concern regarding the current state of freedom of expression and of the press in our country. The letter addressed to President Sebastián Piñera emphasizes situations […]

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Journalist Francisco Ramírez missing from Oaxaca, Mexico

“Journalist Francisco Augusto Ramírez Padilla has been missing since April 30, 2021; His family, media and journalists from Oaxaca have requested help locating him through social networks The Oaxaca State Attorney General's Office issued a file with information on his disappearance, from the Unit for the Search for Disappeared and Unlocated Persons." Read original article […]

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Devastating impact of the pandemic on journalists: Latin America accounts for more than half of deaths

The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the media, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) lamented on Friday in preparation for World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The human cost of the pandemic is particularly high: at least 1,200 journalists have died from the novel coronavirus. Journalists are engaged in a profession that is […]

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Judge decides Brazilian fact-checking site Aos Fatos cannot say which magazine published disinformation

"Judge Marcelo Augusto Oliveira, from the 41st Civil Court of the TJ-SP (Court of Justice of São Paulo), determined in a preliminary ruling that Aos Fatos can no longer mention that the Oeste Magazine conveyed disinformation. Injunctive relief granted in favor of the publication regards two checks: one about distortions in data from the monitoring […]

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UNESCO holds Regional Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean on April 30

"The Regional Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean 'Promotion of information as a common good' will be held tomorrow, April 30, within the framework of the global event organized by UNESCO in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day. 2021. The latter includes a program of activities that will begin on April 30 and end […]

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Press workers in Cochabamba, Bolivia, demand respect for the Print Law and freedom of expression after judge's decision

“Workers of different media outlets in Cochabamba [Bolivia] protested this morning [April 27] demanding respect for freedom of expression, the Print Law and in rejection of the injunction that a judge made to 13 media outlets to provide information at the request of lawyer Jhasmani Torrico. [...] 'This mobilization has the objective of reminding the […]