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Guatemalan journalist Jovanna García attacked while covering anti-government protest

“On November 28, a man participating in an anti-government demonstration in Guatemala City hit Jovanna García, a journalist with the online outlet Ruda, with an iron pole in her clavicle and shoulder and called her an “infiltrated feminist,” according to a report by IM-Defensoras, a regional human rights group, and Ruda editor-in-chief Quimy de León, […]

William Bonner and Renata Vasconcelos. Photo: TV Globo

Brazil: Police summon two TV Globo journalists for alleged breach of a gag order

"The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro summoned the anchors William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos, from TV Globo’s (newscast) “Jornal Nacional,” to testify for the alleged crime of disobedience of the judicial decision in relation to publications involving the investigation of 'rachadinhas' (an illegal scheme in which employees of representatives’ offices shared their salaries with […]

William Bonner e Renata Vasconcelos. Foto: TV Globo

Brasil: polícia intima dois jornalistas da TV Globo por suposto descumprimento de ordem de censura

"A Polícia Civil do Rio intimou os apresentadores William Bonner e Renata Vasconcellos, do Jornal Nacional da Tv Globo, a depor por suposto crime de desobediência a decisão judicial com relação a publicações que envolvem a investigação das 'rachadinhas' no gabinete Assembleia Legislativa do RJ de Flávio Bolsonaro. A emissora foi proibida judicialmente de publicar […]

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Justice rejects deputy’s censorship request against Brazilian fact-checking site Aos Fatos

“Judge Marília de Ávila e Silva Sampaio, of the 6th Special Civil Court of Brasilia, this Monday (November 30) dismissed the request for censorship in an action filed by federal deputy Bia Kicis (PSL-DF) against Aos Fatos. In addition to the retraction, the congresswoman demanded to remove from the air the report ‘Quoted for Health, […]

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Journalists from Radio Cooperativa in Chile win 2020 Gabo Award for Excellence

“The team of journalists from Radio Cooperativa in Chile, which stood out for their high quality work and their relevant contribution to the history of Chilean democracy, as well as for the exercise of indispensable journalism and a clear spirit of public service, is the winner of the Gabo 2020 Award for Recognition of Journalistic […]

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IACHR to hold new public hearings on human rights in Latin America

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 178th Period of Sessions, which will take place virtually from December 3 to 15. IACHR will hold these meetings “with civil society to receive information on the human rights situation in the countries of the región.” On December 3, the Association of Journalists of El […]

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AMARC Uruguay rejects the threats from authorities of the new government about the closure of community radio stations

“The Uruguay chapter of the World Association of Community Radio Stations (AMARC-Uruguay) rejected the threats from the National Director of Telecommunications, Dr. Guzmán Acosta y Lara, regarding the imminent closure of community radio stations in the country. It also demanded that the ‘Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining explain the statements of its director and […]

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Within Alejandro Giammattei’s first year of presidency, Guatemala has registered more than 100 attacks against the press

“The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG) registered 124 attacks against the press in the first 11 months of the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei, who took office on January 14. The majority of the complaints registered by the APG have been “obstruction of the source,” with 31 cases; while 20 journalists have indicated that […]

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Channel 12 of Nicaragua is one step away from being auctioned off; they denounce that Ortega’s channels are immune to the Tax Directorate

“Judge Silvia Elena Chica Larios, head of the Fourth Civil District Court of Managua, did not accept the evidence offered by the Nicavisión SA company, which operates the media communications of Channel 12, in rejection of a second fiscal objection of seven million cordobas [about US $ 200 thousand] imposed by the General Directorate of […]

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Peruvian wins 2020 Young Journalist Award from the Thomson Foundation

"Martín Leandro [Amaya] Camacho has always been passionate about being compassionate. The 27-year-old spent the formative periods of his childhood in a small fishing village callas Cancas, in northern Peru. 'I loved the sea and its legends,' he says, recalling his early years. 'But from a young age, I could clearly see injustices all around […]

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Peruvian wins 2020 Young Journalist Award from the Thomson Foundation

"Martín Leandro Camacho has always been passionate about being compassionate. The 27-year-old spent the formative periods of his childhood in a small fishing village callas Cancas, in northern Peru. 'I loved the seat and its legends,' he says, recalling his early years. 'But from a young age, I could clearly see injustices all around me.'" […]