"ESMAD (Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron) threw a stun grenade at Fabián Yañez, a journalist with Revista Semana, while he was covering the demonstrations of the National Strike on Sept. 21 in Plaza de Bolivar in Bogotá... As captured on video, Yañez complained to the police for having shot him without justification while he was preparing to […]
“Griselda Triana presents the call for the Javier Valdez Cárdenas award for Mexican and foreign journalists living in the country, which will be open until February 2021. Journalists are invited to send their investigative projects related to organized crime, political corruption, victims of violence, abuse of power, questionable behavior of the armed forces and social […]
“With deep scars from the deaths of 27 colleagues and six more disappeared in 15 years, journalists from the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz today face new threats to their person and the right to inform, as reflected in the murder and beheading of Julio Valdivia. Coverage of intense shootings is slowly being left behind. […]
“This Wednesday morning, the FM Horizonte radio studio in the city of Villa Río Bermejito, in the province of Chaco, was the scene of a very violent situation. At around 11 am, journalist Luis Mancini was conducting his program live when suddenly two men, one of them a city official, invaded the place and gave […]
"A judge ordered the arrest of renowned journalist Gonzalo Guillen who earlier this year published evidence that Colombia’s ruling party conspired with a drug trafficking organization to rig to the 2018 elections. The Bogota judge ordered the arrest, claiming Guillen was in contempt of court was not adequately rectifying the claim that a man called Carlos Barrosa from […]
"In exercise of its autonomy and independence, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today selected Pedro José Vaca Villarreal for the position of Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. The Commission forwarded the name of the selected person to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), who expressed his agreement with […]
"On Sept. 9, 2020, freelance journalist Pedro Salinas denounced that two strangers were in the surrounding area of his home in Mala, a country area 100 kilometers south of Lima, asking where his house was located and other details about his daily routine. ... Both journalists [Salinas y Paola Ugaz] wrote investigations about abuse committed […]
"In its new report, Safety of Journalists Covering Protests – Preserving Freedom of the Press During Times of Civil Unrest, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural agency (UNESCO) said that between January and June this year, journalists have been increasingly attacked, arrested and even killed. ... The report finds that during this period, global protests […]
"The outlet Notimatv out of Matagalpa denounced the morning of Sept. 15 that at least two patrols of the Orteguista Police arrived at their television station to harass them. In the images taken by the outlet's security cameras, one can see the patrols arrive and many police officers getting off and placing themselves on street […]
“The General Directorate of Revenue (DGI) seized Saturday the Nicavisión Canal 12 facilities, the outlet's vehicles and owner's house, Mariano Valle, for a tax relief of $21 million córdobas [about $607,000 USD], sources of the outlet confirmed to CONFIDENCIAL. In a statement, the owners of Channel 12 reported that the embargo was set by the […]
“A bill presented by [Brazilian] senator Fabiano Contarato (Rede-ES) proposed including an article in the Penal Code to criminalize the harassment of press professionals to impede or make more difficult their work. The bill sets a penalty of a six-month detention and a fine." Read original article (Spanish)
"After seven years, the homicide against [the journalist Edison] Molina goes unpunished. His wife has actively looked for justice, but the pain and the impotence is what best describes what she feels. However, she affirms that she has not lost hope and that, despite the uncertainty, she continues to have faith in God." Read […]