"This Thursday [Oct.26], the Surinamese Association of Journalists (SVJ) condemned the shooting of a radio station critical of the Government of Suriname, while the Police investigate to solve what happened. The day before, unknown assailants shot at Radio LIM FM station in Paramaribo, where the owner, Clifton Limburg, resides with his family. Limburg was a […]
"This Thursday [Nov. 2], the Roundtable for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay, which brings together communicators and representatives of State institutions, urged Congress to approve a bill for the protection and safety of reporters and human rights defenders in the country. 'In the Legislative branch, a bill is being discussed that aims to guarantee […]
"On Tuesday [Oct. 31], [Brazil's] Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP, for its acronym in Portuguese) launched an exclusive channel for reporting violence against journalists and communicators in the exercise of their profession. The records will be received by the Observatory of Violence against Journalists and Social Communicators, which is coordinated by the National […]
“The Congress of El Salvador repealed on Thursday [Nov. 2] two reforms to eliminate provisions that punished media of all types if they disseminated messages that could come from gangs or criminal groups. The two reforms were approved on April 5, 2022 — at a time when President Nayib Bukele's government promoted heavy-handed policies to […]
“The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented Case 12.919 regarding Ecuador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court) on July 9, 2023. It concerns the death of photojournalist Julio García Romero during a demonstration in 2005 and the lack of a diligent and effective investigation of what happened. [...] In its Merits […]
"The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights defenders, journalists and social communicators, a UN expert said [Oct. 31]. […] 'Almost every journalist I spoke to – whether in mainstream media, online media, or community radio, […]
"Journalists Fabien Domenichelli and Humberto Aburto Parra are still missing in Acapulco, Mexico, after Hurricane Otis. The organization Article 19 has been searching for both journalists. However, it has not yet been successful in finding them and their health status is unknown. On the other hand, this Monday afternoon [Nov. 30], five days after the […]
"Crisis-hit Haiti has emerged as one of the countries where murderers of journalists are most likely to go free, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2023 Global Impunity Index has found. A devastating combination of gang violence, chronic poverty, political instability, and a dysfunctional judiciary are behind the Caribbean country’s first inclusion on CPJ’s annual list […]
Contracorriente FEST, the annual event that celebrates the launch of the Honduran investigative journalism news outlet Contracorriente, will have its 2023 edition from Oct. 30 to Nov. 10, featuring a lineup of conferences, masterclasses, in-person events, and virtual activities, Contracorriente announced. This year's event will feature an array of experts and journalism professionals who will […]
"The organizations ARTICLE 19 Office for Mexico and Central America, Communication and Information for Women (CIMAC), and SocialTIC have documented that between July and October of this year, unknown individuals have removed or affected at least 11 Facebook pages of news outlets and journalists from the state of San Luis Potosí [Mexico]. Although the masterminds […]
"Rhiza Castro, a former Record News presenter, recorded a video in which she revealed that she had been harassed by a director at the station. The journalist said that two days after making the complaint to HR, she ended up being dismissed from the company. According to her, the director is married and his wife […]
"Guatemalan journalists Sonny Figueroa and Marvin del Cid, of the digital news outlet Vox Populi, recently denounced through their social networks they are being classified as a "threat to the security of the State' in their country. Everything happened after the also journalist Luis Assardo had access to documents that were extracted from servers of […]