“Julio Valdivia, 44, was killed Wednesday, according to El Mundo de Córdoba, the newspaper where he worked, and local authorities. His body was found decapitated with signs of violence in the municipality of Tezonapa, in the center of Veracruz, which borders the gulf of Mexico. This is the second murder of a press person in […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) denounced the illegal detention, the physical aggressions and obstruction of journalists work that happened on Sept. 9. Unlike other protests, on Sept. 9, National Day of Human Rights, all the cases were attributed to the National Police. [...] On Wednesday Sept. 9, 2020, protesters took to the streets of […]
"Salvadoran authorities should make public any details about an alleged criminal investigation into InSight Crime journalist Héctor Silva Ávalos and stop using official social media channels to criticize and harass independent journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On September 1, Salvadoran news website La Página published an article reporting that the national Attorney General’s office had […]
“After publishing the opinion column ‘Uribe, el fascista’ (Uribe, a fascist) in SEMANA, María Jimena Duzán, the director of Semana en Vivo, stated on her Twitter account that a "smear campaign" was launched against her. 'What I said in my column is happening to me personally. A smear campaign has been launched against me on […]
"The press secretary of El Salvador (GOES) said in a release that the freedom of expression and journalistic exercise were not in danger in the country. ... According to Apes (Journalistic Association in El Salvador), 61 complains were registered as of July 31. International organizations and outlets have spoken up against Bukele's administration's treatment of […]
"In the last 25 years more than 2,300 journalists and reporters have died due to their profession. The majority have died while covering war zones like Afghanistan, Syria and Iran, but also in other countries like Mexico, China and the Philippines. In 2019 alone, 49 journalists were murdered, 389 were imprisoned and 57 were kidnapped." […]
"Cuban journalist Roberto Quinones was released Friday after serving a year's imprisonment in a case that drew international condemnation of Havana's heavy-handed treatment of independent media." Read original article
"Ten digital native and independent news organizations joined forces to create Canal Reload, which aims to make news uncomplicated, democratize and expand the reach of information." Read original article (Portuguese)
"The journalist and social communicator, Otoniel Esaú Rivera Rivera, current vice president of the Journalists and Social Communicators Association of Alta Verapaz -APC-AV-, denounced he had received death threats. Rivera presented the formal complaint to the public prosecutor after he received threats against him and his son via Facebook. The previous Sunday, Rivera Rivera participated […]
"The freedom of the media is essential to have societies that are democratic, free and participatory, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights stated Tuesday during an event about the freedom of the press and speech in Geneva. Michelle Bachelet emphasized that journalism enriches the comprehensions of many types of issues that are political, economic and […]
"The Gabo Foundation, which this years marks 25 years after its founding by the journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature Gabriel García Márquez, and its Governing Council, announced that the registration for the Gabo Prize is now open. The award is the most important recognition in Spanish and Portuguese journalism. [...] The Gabo Foundation and […]
“The Judiciary will begin the new oral trial on Wednesday against Congressman Daniel Urresti (Podemos Peru) for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos, killed almost 32 years ago, on November 24, 1988 in Huanta, Ayacucho. This process falls under the Third Chamber National Transitory Criminal Court Specialized in Organized Crime. The retired general of the […]