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Argentine government seeks to repeal statute that regulates journalists' working conditions

"Amidst the anticipation surrounding the debate on the labor reform bill that was introduced to Congress this Thursday [Dec. 11], and after the official text was released, the government's intention to repeal various statutes that regulate labor activities has gained prominence. Such is the case of the Professional Journalist Statute (Law 12,908), whose repeal is […]

Journalists condemn harassment of reporter by federal agents in Iguala, Mexico

"Journalists from Chilpancingo and Acapulco issued a statement of solidarity with their colleagues in the city of Iguala, especially Natividad Ambrosio Cueva, after she was harassed and intimidated by members of the Secretariat of Public Security and Citizen Protection, who, in addition to making threats, took photographs of her and her vehicle. According to the […]

News team from Argentina expelled from Venezuela

"The press team from the Argentinian channel C5N, consisting of journalists Nicolás Monafó and Adrián Salonia, and cameraman Sebastián Solís, were expelled from Maiquetía International Airport in Venezuela on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Salonia reported on his Instagram account that after the plane landed at 2:00 a.m., the airport's immigration team demanded their documents, took […]

Press advocates call on Mexican federal mechanism to solve failures in protective measures for journalists

“The Committee to Protect Journalists joined Espacio OSC, a coalition of Mexican civil society organizations, in a joint statement expressing deep concern over irregularities in the implementation of basic protection measures for journalists by the Mexican Federal Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. [...] In recent weeks, CPJ and Espacio OSC […]

Hospitalized journalist said he was attacked in home by Honduran mayor

"Journalist Henry Torres reported on Saturday [Dec. 6] that he was allegedly assaulted by the mayor of San Marcos, Ocotepeque, Gerardo Antonio Mejía, in an incident he links to his reporting on the mayor's administration. In statements to [media outlet] HCH, Torres recounted that the attacks occurred after the publication of several investigations denouncing Mejía's […]

Brazilian journalist associations condemn censorship and attacks on journalists in Chamber of Deputies

"The National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj, for its Portuguese acronym) and the Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (SJPDF) vehemently condemn the episode of violence against press professionals in the Chamber of Deputies, on the afternoon of this Tuesday (Dec. 9), and the shutdown of the TV Câmara signal, which was broadcasting live […]

Media teams attacked by security guards while reporting on fire in Ecuador

"Teams from various media outlets were attacked by private security personnel at the Guayaquil land terminal while carrying out their reporting work outside the complex. Journalists and cameramen arrived near midnight to report on a fire that occurred in the terminal's food court near midnight on Monday Dec. 8. [...] At around 2:30 a.m., a […]

Press freedom organizations urge Puerto Rico to reject amendment restricting information access

"The Committee to Protect Journalists, International Press Institute, and Reporters Without Borders, led a coalition of eight press freedom organizations in a joint statement calling for the rejection of Puerto Rico’s Senate Bill 63, which would severely limit the territory’s constitutional right to access public information, one of the strongest in the United States. If […]

Potential release of accused killer in Colombia alarms press freedom group

The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) expressed its deep concern about how the Colombian Attorney General's Office is handling the case of Carlos Arturo Landázuri, alias “El Gringo,” accused of the killing of journalists Paul Rivas, Javier Ortega, and Efraín Segarra, of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio, in 2018. In a Dec. 6 statement, FLIP […]

Journalist Fernando Nuñez murdered in Pacasmayo, Peru

“The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, by its acronym in Spanish) condemned the murder of journalist Fernando Nuñez Guevara, from [digital media outlet] Kamila TV, which occurred on Friday, Dec. 5, in Pacasmayo, [department of] La Libertad. […] This is the third killing of a journalist so far in 2025, following the murders […]

Public prosecutor's office investigates Colombian governor for journalist's murder

"The Fifth Prosecutor's Office before the Supreme Court of Justice opened an investigation against the governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, for his alleged participation in the murder of journalist Jaime Vásquez, from Cúcuta, in a pastry shop in the city. Last April, Vásquez was attacked around 8:30 a.m. in La Riviera (Cúcuta) while […]

Journalists report assault by Peruvian President José Jerí's security detail

"Reporter Javier Rumiche and cameraman John Altamirano, both from RPP radio, reported being assaulted by members of the State Security during an official event with President José Jerí at the Civic Promenade in Tacna. The incident occurred just after the raising of the national flag, at which point the president had invited the journalists to […]