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Journalist assaulted with pepper spray by riot police in Bolivia

"Radio Fides and Agencia de Noticias Fides journalist David Pizarro was attacked on Thursday, May 29, with pepper spray by a riot police officer while he was recording images of the arrest of demonstrators on Belisario Salinas street in La Paz, Bolivia. Pizarro, along with other reporters, was reporting for his media outlet on the […]

Security agents in Cuba detain independent journalist Carlos Milanes

"ARTICLE 19 condemns the arbitrary detention of Carlos Milanés, an independent journalist for ADN Cuba, Cubanet and Radio Martí, on May 25 this year in Havana, by State Security agents. The incident was compounded by multiple aggressions such as threats of disappearance, physical aggressions, a raid on his home and the destruction of several personal […]

RSF warns of increasing repression of the press during peaceful protests in Argentina

"Protests in Argentina are becoming the scene of widespread repression, with members of the press being targeted by the country's armed forces. Public security actors, who should  protect and guarantee security during peaceful demonstrations, are instead deliberately obstructing press coverage through the use of violence. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its initials in French) condemns […]

Journalist receives threats prior to elections in Veracruz, Mexico

"A few hours before the beginning of the silent period priors to elections [...] for mayoral candidates in [the Mexican state of] Veracruz [on May 29], journalist Raymundo García García, a contributor to [the newspaper] El Mundo de Orizaba, was the target of anonymous threats. The intimidations, which were also directed at his family, were […]

Two media workers killed in Honduras over weekend

Renowned radio host, sports commentator and former footballer Carlos Gilberto Aguirre was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Sunday, June 1, in the municipality of Juticalpa, Honduras. El Heraldo newspaper confirmed through sources at the Public Prosecutor’s morgue that Aguirre died from multiple stab wounds. So far, the perpetrators and motives behind the crime […]

Abraji questions government of São Paulo about restrictions on journalists during favela eviction

"Abraji reported that it contacted Governor Tarcísio de Freitas and the Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, by means of an official letter, to repudiate and demand action regarding allegations of restrictions on press freedom during coverage of the eviction of the Moinho Favela, in the capital. Last week, this Association and […]

Journalistic entities in Brazil condemn Canadian mining company's harassment of independent journalism

"The Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (SJPDF, for its initials in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) vehemently repudiate the extrajudicial harassment by the Canadian mining company Sigma Lithium S.A. that seeks to censor the work of independent journalism promoted by the Mining Observatory, an organization based in Brasília. The […]

Colombia's Supreme Court acquits former intelligence detective investigated for psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque

"In a controversial decision, [Colombia's] Supreme Court of Justice acquitted Ronal Harbey Rivera Rodríguez, a former detective with the Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its initials in Spanish), who had been prosecuted for his alleged involvement in the psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. [...] The case is rooted in Duque's investigation into […]

Argentine writer Jorge Fernández Díaz receives Spain's prestigious Cavia journalism prize

"The writer, journalist and essayist Jorge Fernández Díaz won the Cavia Prize, awarded by the Spanish newspaper ABC for journalistic works, for an article published in the Argentine newspaper La Nación titled 'Welcome to Right-Wing Populism' ['Bienvenidos al populismo de derecha'], where he delivers strong criticism of Javier Milei. The award, which has been given […]

Cuban journalist José Luis Tan Estrada reaches Mexico after 45-day journey through ten countries

"On his social media this Wednesday [May 38], independent Cuban journalist José Luis Tan Estrada announced his arrival in Mexico after a 45-day journey that included crossing the Darién jungle, five months after State Security forced him to leave the island. 'After crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, traveling through more than ten countries by land, […]

Community radio journalist killed on air in Brazilian Amazon; RSF calls for investigation

"Luis Augusto Carneiro da Costa, a 46-year-old journalist, was brutally murdered on May 27 by two hooded men who stormed into the community radio studio where he was presenting a popular show focused on local issues. The assailants fired several shots, instantly killing the journalist. With over twenty years of experience in local journalism and […]

Brazilian journalist fined for publishing judge’s salary

"A journalist from Zero Hora —the highest-circulation daily newspaper in southern Brazil—has been ordered to pay 600,000 reais [about US$105,000] in damages after publishing information about the earnings of Judge Iris Helena Medeiros Nogueira, a magistrate of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. On Thursday, May, 22, the Brazilian Association of […]