"Journalist Rosario Martínez de la Vega publicly denounced being a victim of judicial harassment by a doctor affiliated with the Ministry of Health, stating that she has faced nearly three years of legal persecution stemming from her journalistic work. In an open letter addressed to authorities, the journalistic community, and the public, the journalist explained […]
"An estimated 268 Nicaraguan journalists have fled the Central American country for exile, many settling in the neighboring Costa Rica, to escape what CPJ’s research has documented to be a government-backed system of political repression and judicial harassment against media outlets that often prevents journalists, fearing for their families, from reporting the truth. Yet for some exiled journalists, who spoke […]
"On Thursday night, Jan. 8, a crime reporter identified as Carlos Leonardo Castro, who worked for the news website Código Norte Veracruz and previously for Noreste, was shot and killed while inside a restaurant called La Troguebirria [in Poza Rica, Veracruz]. In 2024, the reporter had a protection mechanism in place, according to colleagues. [...] […]
"The National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) reported this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, that two foreign journalists, including one Mexican, remained incommunicado and could not be located in that country. After being held for 17 hours, both journalists were released and returned to Colombian territory. The individuals involved are […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed concern over a series of actions by various entities, including a government body in Ecuador, that could constitute indirect reprisals against Gráficos Nacionales S.A. (GRANASA), the publishing company of the newspapers Expreso and Extra. [...] In a public statement, GRANASA accused the government of President Daniel Noboa of […]
"Journalist Eric Hurtado was physically assaulted while covering a news story in the province of Chincha, [Peru], in a new incident that once again raises concerns about the safety of the press in public spaces. The attack occurred on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, on San Carlos Street, behind the Santa Ana school. According to the […]
"The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela reported on Monday [Jan. 5] that 14 previously detained journalists have been released, on a day when the National Assembly began its 2026-2031 legislative session in Caracas. Via X (formerly Twitter), the SNTP said that one of the journalists was deported and […]
"[Mexican] President Claudia Sheinbaum offered support from the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists to journalists facing legal proceedings related to their journalistic work and freedom of expression, such as the case of Rafael León Segovia, whom the Veracruz Attorney General's Office accused of 'terrorism.' During the morning press conference [on Jan. 2] […]
"Reporters from television channels and print media, as well as cameramen, were harassed, verbally assaulted, and subjected to physical attacks by protesters organized by the Bolivian Workers' Center (COB, for its Spanish acronym) [the country's chief train union federation], who staged marches and blockades in the city of La Paz this Monday [Jan. 5]. A […]
Two days after the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. authorities, the Venezuelan National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, by its acronym in Spanish) warned that a democratic transition in Venezuela is impossible while political persecution, censorship, arbitrary detentions and the systematic violation of fundamental rights persist. In a statement released on Jan. […]
“[…] The Veracruz State Attorney General’s Office [in Mexico] announced that it dropped the terrorism charges against journalist Rafael León Segovia, who was arrested on Dec. 24 in the municipality of Coatzacoalcos. […] According to the Veracruz Attorney General’s Office, the arrest was carried out in compliance with a court order issued after an investigation […]
"A Peruvian journalist who was recently shot by hitmen died this Friday [Dec. 26] in a hospital in Lima, a press guild reported, bringing to four the number of reporters killed by organized crime this year in the South American country. Mitzar Castillejos, 34, was shot on Dec. 12 as he left his home in […]