"The former mayor of Chínipas, Chihuahua, Hugo Amed Schultz was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his responsibility in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach, which occurred in March 2017. According to the organization Propuesta Cívica, in a hearing related to the request for an abbreviated procedure, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes committed […]
"On June 10, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 47/21, in which it granted precautionary measures in favour of Kalua Salazar and her family, after considering that they find themselves in a situation of serious and urgent risk of irreparable damage to their rights in Nicaragua. According to the request, the […]
"The disappearance of print media in Venezuela, as a result of the crisis, has led publishers to reinvent themselves to go back to their origins and recover the smell of ink and paper of yesteryear, from the hand of the 'town crier,' as the traditional newspaper delivery man is known in the country. Starting on […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will honor four courageous journalists from Belarus, Guatemala, Mozambique, and Myanmar with the 2021 International Press Freedom Awards. All four have reported during a historically turbulent time, covering protests and political upheaval in their countries. [...] Anastasia Mejía (Guatemala): Mejía is a radio journalist based in Joyabaj, a town […]
"Coda.Br 2021 has a date! It will run from November 8 - 13, entirely online. You can help build this schedule by submitting activity suggestions [Submit by June 30]. And by joining our membership program, you guarantee full access to the event." View site with membership and activity details
“In a Constitutional Court ruling, it was declared that El Colombiano, one of the most important regional newspapers in the country, violated the rights of journalist Claudia Vanesa Restrepo to work in an environment free of violence and gender discrimination, when it ignored a complaint of an alleged sexual abuse allegedly committed by one of […]
“The Rio Civil Police delegate, Pablo Dacosta Sartori, summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the reason for the summons was the May 8 newsletter published by the site with accusations against civil police in Rio de Janeiro. In the […]
"The [Brazilian] Federal Supreme Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese) decided on Thursday [June 10] that the government should grant compensation to photographer Alex Silveira, who lost his sight after being hit by a rubber bullet while participating in the news coverage of a protest in São Paulo Paulo, in 2000. The understanding follows […]
“The editor of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, Fabián Medina, denounced that the regime of President Daniel Ortega tries to make the practice of journalism a crime in the country, after leaving an interview in the prosecutor's office to which he was summoned this Thursday [June 10]. 'The prosecutor who interviewed me insisted a lot […]
“The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation [Colombia] obtained a 28-year prison sentence against Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, alias 'Cherry,' for his participation in the abduction and custody of a journalistic team from newspaper El Comercio of Ecuador, whom were later assassinated in events that occurred between March and April 2018. According to the […]