"On May 19, the third chamber of the Chilean Supreme Court ruled that Radio Bío Bío had illegally published a recorded conversation between local judge Marcela Guerra and political operative John Campos, and ordered the outlet to remove the recording from its website and anywhere else it had been posted, according to Radio Bío Bío […]
“The decision of the Brazilian government to omit the general balance of deaths of COVID-19 as of this Saturday (6th) places the country alongside Venezuela or the most closed regime in the world, North Korea, in the transparency management of pandemic statistics.” Read original article (Portuguese)
"Argentina's intelligence agency says the administration of previous President Mauricio Macri spied on more than 400 journalists, and officials have released a document they say is evidence of the claim. An Excel spreadsheet presented to courts on Friday and made public Sunday by the president's office listed 402 journalists who apparently had applied for accreditation […]
"A team with Venezuelan site Crónica.Uno was detained in Catia while covering measures taken by the Maduro government in relation to the coronavirus. Three press workers also reported that the authorities did not allow them to work. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Sunday that the press could be on the streets despite the demand […]
"Wilson Acosta Marques, alleged material author in the murder of Paraguayan journalist Pablo Medina and his assistant Antonia Almada, which occurred in October 2014, was captured by Brazilian authorities in the state of Mato Grosso, about 1,000 kilometers from Amambay, as confirmed by Interpol Paraguay...The man detained was the one who wielded and fired the […]
"The State Attorney General arrested Omar Alfredo A.O. alias 'El Fredy,' another priority objective for the authorities of the three levels of government, who is linked to at least 50 homicides that occurred in the cities of Juárez and Chihuahua ... 'El Fredy' is credited with orchestrating an assault armed against one of his 'opponents,' […]
"María Fernanda de Luna, daughter of the journalist María Elena Ferral, murdered last March in the Mexican state of Veracruz (east), denounced this Sunday that she was the victim of an armed attack, from which she was unharmed. 'Today at 10:40 in the morning (15:00 GMT), I was the victim of an attack in which […]
"A federal judge convicted Juan Carlos Moreno Ochoa, El Larry or El WA, of being a co-participant in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea, correspondent for La Jornada in Chihuahua, on March 23, 2017. El Larry was arrested in December 2017 by elements of the Federal Police in an operation carried out in Etchojoa, […]
"The Google News Initiative wants to help by launching a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to deliver urgent aid to thousands of small, medium and local news publishers globally. The funding is open to news organizations producing original news for local communities during this time of crisis, and will range from the low thousands of dollars […]
"The Colombian National Protection Unit announced that it would be suspending the country’s Risk Assessment and Protection Measures Recommendation Committee, which grants protective measures to journalists, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic." Read original article
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights approved the Reparation Agreement between the Colombian state and the Inter-American Press Association, IAPA, after claiming Colombia's international responsibility for the murder of journalist and columnist Gerardo Bedoya Borrero that occurred in Cali, Colombia on March 21, 1997." Read original article (Spanish)
"Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui denounced this Wednesday that she suffered a 'virulent' attack on social networks directed against her and her son, due to her work as a journalist. In addition, due to the attacks against her person and her family, the communicator had to clarify issues in her personal life." Read original article (Spanish)