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Colombian TV station employees flee country amid threats from FARC militants

"On Nov. 16, Arlex Piedrahita, a camera operator with the news broadcaster Caracol TV, fled to the United States with his family after he received a death threat and other threatening messages from individuals claiming to be members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist rebel group known as the FARC, according to […]

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Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón claims that during his six-year term, MVS Radio offered to fire Carmen Aristegui

"Former President Felipe Calderón said this Friday that during his tenure, a communication company offered him the dismissal of journalist Carmen Aristegui. The forementioned, in clear reference to the dispute between the journalist and MVS Radio in 2011, which led to her leaving the air between Feb. 7 and 18 of that year, for requesting […]

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World Press Freedom Conference 2020 begins this week online

“The World Press Freedom Conference 2020 (WPFC) uniquely gathers journalists, media companies, human rights defenders, members of the judiciary, policymakers, academics, youth, NGOs and everyone who is interested in press freedom worldwide.” “WPFC 2020 will be held in a new, innovative format: merging digital and in-person elements. UNESCO and The Kingdom of the Netherlands are […]

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Venezuelan journalist Jamel Louka shot, injured in attack

“On December 2 in the town of Altagracia de Orituco in central Guárico state, armed assailants shot [Jamel] Louka, a reporter and photographer with the privately owned Diario La Antena and a contributor to independent news website El Pitazo, in his left arm as he was fleeing what he described as a botched kidnapping attempt […]

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Guatemalan journalist Jovanna García attacked while covering anti-government protest

“On November 28, a man participating in an anti-government demonstration in Guatemala City hit Jovanna García, a journalist with the online outlet Ruda, with an iron pole in her clavicle and shoulder and called her an “infiltrated feminist,” according to a report by IM-Defensoras, a regional human rights group, and Ruda editor-in-chief Quimy de León, […]

William Bonner and Renata Vasconcelos. Photo: TV Globo

Brazil: Police summon two TV Globo journalists for alleged breach of a gag order

"The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro summoned the anchors William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos, from TV Globo’s (newscast) “Jornal Nacional,” to testify for the alleged crime of disobedience of the judicial decision in relation to publications involving the investigation of 'rachadinhas' (an illegal scheme in which employees of representatives’ offices shared their salaries with […]

William Bonner e Renata Vasconcelos. Foto: TV Globo

Brasil: polícia intima dois jornalistas da TV Globo por suposto descumprimento de ordem de censura

"A Polícia Civil do Rio intimou os apresentadores William Bonner e Renata Vasconcellos, do Jornal Nacional da Tv Globo, a depor por suposto crime de desobediência a decisão judicial com relação a publicações que envolvem a investigação das 'rachadinhas' no gabinete Assembleia Legislativa do RJ de Flávio Bolsonaro. A emissora foi proibida judicialmente de publicar […]

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Justice rejects deputy’s censorship request against Brazilian fact-checking site Aos Fatos

“Judge Marília de Ávila e Silva Sampaio, of the 6th Special Civil Court of Brasilia, this Monday (November 30) dismissed the request for censorship in an action filed by federal deputy Bia Kicis (PSL-DF) against Aos Fatos. In addition to the retraction, the congresswoman demanded to remove from the air the report ‘Quoted for Health, […]

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Journalists from Radio Cooperativa in Chile win 2020 Gabo Award for Excellence

“The team of journalists from Radio Cooperativa in Chile, which stood out for their high quality work and their relevant contribution to the history of Chilean democracy, as well as for the exercise of indispensable journalism and a clear spirit of public service, is the winner of the Gabo 2020 Award for Recognition of Journalistic […]

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IACHR to hold new public hearings on human rights in Latin America

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 178th Period of Sessions, which will take place virtually from December 3 to 15. IACHR will hold these meetings “with civil society to receive information on the human rights situation in the countries of the región.” On December 3, the Association of Journalists of El […]

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AMARC Uruguay rejects the threats from authorities of the new government about the closure of community radio stations

“The Uruguay chapter of the World Association of Community Radio Stations (AMARC-Uruguay) rejected the threats from the National Director of Telecommunications, Dr. Guzmán Acosta y Lara, regarding the imminent closure of community radio stations in the country. It also demanded that the ‘Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining explain the statements of its director and […]