“Two years ago, at midnight on Dec. 13, 2018, the Police at the service of Daniel Ortega's regime assaulted and looted the newsroom of Confidencial and Esta Semana, without having a court order. A day later, the violations continued with the permanent occupation of our newsroom by armed elements of the Police, who have been […]
"On Dec. 14, the Nicaraguan National Police forcefully evicted journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro; the president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), Vilma Núñez, and a group of journalists who were covering the press conference of the director of newspaper Confidencial, held to demand the return of the offices of this media outlet and […]
"A record number of journalists were imprisoned globally for their work in 2020 as authoritarian nations arrested many covering COVID-19 or political instability. Amid the pandemic, governments delayed trials, restricted visitors, and disregarded the increased health risk in prison; at least two journalists died after contracting the disease in custody... Honduran journalist David Romero – […]
"[Leonardo de Carvalho] Leal and his girlfriend of six years, Mayara Stelle -- both 22-year-old law students -- this year created a Twitter account with its stated mission to call out Brazilian websites for spreading 'hate speech and Fake News,' and torpedoing those sites’ advertising revenue... They also mustered a legion of enemies. Vitriol poured […]
“The Federal Chamber of Mar del Plata revoked the prosecution of journalist Daniel Santoro in the case in which he was being investigated for alleged extortion and illegal espionage. [...] " “The ruling is interpreted as a blow to the Kirchnerism discourse, which linked the journalist from Clarín newspaper to a political operation. [...] " […]
“Two years ago, at midnight on Dec. 13, 2018, the Police at the service of Daniel Ortega's regime assaulted and looted the newsroom of Confidencial and Esta Semana, without a court order. A day later, the outrage continued with the permanent occupation of our newsroom by armed members of the Police, who have been there […]
Agência Pública and Canal Meio are launching the newsletter "O ano em que o WikiLeaks mudou o mundo" (The year WikiLeaks changed the world). This is a pop-up newsletter, which ends after a certain number of episodes. The first part of the story is sent when the reader signs up and the rest will be […]
Agência Pública and Canal Meio are launching the newsletter "O ano em que o WikiLeaks mudou o mundo" (The year WikiLeaks changed the world). This is a pop-up newsletter, which ends after a certain number of episodes. The first part of the story is sent when the reader signs up and the rest will be […]
"Photojournalist Jaime Castaño Zacarías was killed on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The reporter was administrator of the PrensaLibreMx page and worked in the social communication area of the Jerez City Council and was intercepted by armed persons while driving his motorcycle hours after having covered the discovery of two bodies on a […]
"Eleven civil society organizations that are part of the Right to Access to Public Information Forum - coordinated by Transparency Brasil - published today (Dec. 10, 2020) a technical note with recommendations for improvements in the transparency of the Ministry of Health regarding data about the new coronavirus pandemic. The document will be forwarded to […]
"Journalists and members of the organization Article 35, Sonny Figueroa and Marvin Del Cid, received a threat through an anonymous message left in Del Cid's mailbox on Dec. 7, 2020 in Guatemala City. The message read: 'Marvin and Sonny stop investigating and publishing shit or you'll see.' In an interview with ARTICLE 19, Del Cid […]
"Editora Globo, which publishes the newspapers EXTRA and O Globo, repudiated a video in which Lieutenant Colonel Gabryela Dantas, spokesman for the Military Police, classified reporter Rafael Soares as the enemy of the corporation and even encouraged the population to publicize the recording . (...) In a post on Twitter, the Brazilian Association of Investigative […]