"Journalist Jhony Urgiles and cameraman Diego Vélez were broadcasting live the newscast of the digital media outlet DulzuraTV on June 28 when they were assaulted and verbally and physically attacked by two individuals who entered the channel's facilities in the province of Cañar, in the Ecuadorian sierra. After seven at night, when they had presented […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a gallery of grim portraits, those of 37 heads of state or government who crack down massively on press freedom. Some of these 'predators of press freedom' have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist... [...] The new entrants also include predators […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) rejects the recurring stigmatization campaign deployed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against the media and journalists. The organization calls for the immediate end to its aggression, and warns that this form of hostility 'tends to degenerate into acts of violence.' In his daily morning conference on […]
"Mexican authorities must undertake a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of media worker Saúl Tijerina Rentería, and determine whether he was targeted for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tijerina’s family lost contact with him early in the morning of June 22, and his body was found near his vehicle […]
"On June 24, [Luis Eduardo] Vivanco, founder of the satirical news website La Posta, was walking his dog in Quito, the capital, when an unidentified man began screaming at him from a nearby car, he told CPJ via messaging app. The man then left the car and said, 'Vivanco, you son of a bitch, I’m […]
"Gunmen killed a journalist, a political activist and at least three other people in a rash of overnight shootings blamed on street gangs in Haiti's capital, the government said Wednesday. Photographs of reporter Diego Charles lying dead on the ground and of Antoinette Duclair in her car circulated on Haitian social media. Duclair was dropping […]
"On Tuesday [June 29] morning, reporters from Grupo Imagen, Multimedios, and FOROtv were attacked by auxiliary police and bank employees in Mexico City In one of the events, the security elements detained and attacked Grupo Imagen reporters in the Historic Center when they were making recordings in the Cathedral." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Three agents of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Colombian Police were suspended from their positions for attacking two journalists and a young man this Tuesday (06.29.2021) during a protest in Bogotá, authorities reported. The attack went viral on social networks thanks to a video where three riot police […]
"We are very happy to announce that we have just published the 2021 Digital News Report in Spanish. This study is the most complete report on news consumption worldwide and it is the first time that it has been published in its entirety in our language. This year's edition, authored by Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, […]
"In Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, and Peru, emergency measures in response to COVID-19 restricted the media’s capacity to report freely and the public’s ability to access information, including critical information about public health interventions and the pandemic itself, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw program found. The report, […]