"Works can now be submitted to the first edition of the API [Association of Investigative Journalists] Investigative Journalism Awards, which will recognize the best works of 2020 and their contribution to society in a year that was 'tough and difficult.' [...] Any person (on their behalf or on behalf of a team) over the age […]
"Washington, D.C. - On February 13, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) referred the case of Santiago Leguizamón Zaván and family, regarding Paraguay, before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The case refers to the death of Santiago Leguizamón on April 26, 1991, an important and well-known journalist and human rights defender from […]
"The Consortium to Support Regional Journalism in Latin America (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) calls on local independent media outlets and freelance independent journalists in Bolivia to participate in journalistic investigations at the national or local level between April and November 2021. The Project will have different components of practical training and support, among […]
"More than 70 journalists spoke out against the judicial criminalization of freedom of information that exists in Peru and against the currents that point to the press as the 'enemy of the people. ' Among the repeated attacks against the press in Peru, legal complaints, smears based on false information and conspiracy theories have become […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo will execute this Tuesday, Feb. 23, the last act of confiscation of Confidencial, Esta Semana, Esta Noche, Revista Niú and the offices of the consulting company Cabal, in complicity with the Ministry of Health (Minsa, for its acronym in Spanish). Vice President Rosario Murillo announced that this […]
"In Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro uses lies and attacks on the media to mask his inability to address the Covid-19 pandemic’s devastating impact, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is about to launch a communication campaign called the “Naked Truth” to highlight journalism’s vital importance in providing access to reliable information about the pandemic. Produced by […]
“On Feb. 20, 2021, journalist Carlos Paredes denounced to IPYS that he has received death threats to his cell phone. He also found that his email was hacked to steal and circulate a preliminary version of his book El Lagarto. The event occurred in Lima, the country's capital. Paredes' book is about former president Martín […]
“The IWMF’s annual Courage in Journalism Awards honor women journalists who set themselves apart by exhibiting extraordinary bravery, persistence and resilience. Doing whatever it takes to uncover the truth, these women raise the bar for reporting under duress, or in the face of censorship. The awards program honors brave journalists – including photojournalists – working […]
"The administration of President Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala has targeted the media through bellicose rhetoric and false accusations throughout the president’s first year in office, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today. Investigations into threats, attacks, and two killings of journalists during this period have made little progress." Read original […]
"On Feb. 3, in Ocotlán, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, two unidentified men in a car pulled up to a plot of land where [Edgar Leyva Mendoza], his sister, and his aunt were working, and asked for the journalist; when his aunt and sister approached the vehicle, the men opened fire, according to […]