"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 […]
“The Constitutional Chamber condemned Yamileth Astorga, the executive president of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), for violating the freedom of the press and expression, after asking officials of the institution to deny information of public relevance to the outlets Diario Extra and CRHoy. According to the appeal for protection presented against […]
After an incident in which a public official stated that he was harassed by a journalist, in Panama the debate about the necessity to "create a professional journalism law that not only protect the journalist but certify them legally and academically." "The Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Panamá (CONAPE) published a statement in which they […]
"Abraji laments that, despite the advances made by our democratic regime, a judge determined an extreme measure like preventing the circulation of reports by anticipating guardianship. Seeking judicial redress is the right of companies and citizens, but censoring journalistic content hurts the freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 5 of the Constitution. Abraji condemns the […]
"Founded in 2016, the news operation of BuzzFeed News of Brazil will come to its end on Aug. 31. The other areas of BuzzFeed will continue normally. On this day, Aug. 31, 2020, BuzzFeed News will stop the production of its news product in Brazil, in Portuguese. It was the end of that fruitful journey […]
"A ONU critica o comportamento do presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de outros líderes em relação à imprensa. Numa coletiva de imprensa nesta sexta-feira, o Alto Comissariado da ONU para Direitos Humanos foi questionado especificamente sobre o comportamento do brasileiro e, ao responder, mandou um recado ao presidente do país e outros líderes que vêm atacando […]
"The son of the late journalist Santiago Leguizamón confirmed that they received the release that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) considers that the Paraguayan State is responsible for his father's death. On April 26, 1991, he was killed by hitmen in the border town of Pedro Juan Caballero. In March 1991, as a […]