"ARTICLE 19 condemns the judicial harassment against journalist Jonathann Estrada, director of [the digital media outlet] Cancún Channel/Contrapunto, on the part of Omar Terrazas, husband of the current governor of [the Mexican state of] Quintana Roo. On Jan. 22, the journalist [...] received a lawsuit in which he is summoned for the alleged crime of […]
“[On Jan. 24], the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its acronym in Spanish) presented its report on gender-based digital violence directed towards female journalists, recording 655 attacks in the period between Oct. 1, 2023 and Jan. 10, 2024, all on the social network 'X.' [...] Apart from social network X, APES mentioned […]
"A joint mission of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is visiting Guatemala City this week to assess press freedom conditions in the country following the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo. [...] The main goal of the mission is to address the difficult situation and numerous challenges faced […]
The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP for its acronym in Spanish) is carrying out a series of commemorative activities on Jan. 25 and 26 in honor of the journalists murdered in the case known as the Uchuraccay Massacre 41 years ago. “Throughout the country, we will gather to pay tribute to the martyrs, […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed today [Jan. 22] its concern about the implications for press freedom and confidential sources of information posed by a recently approved law in the Dominican Republic. The regulation, enacted on Jan. 15 by President Luis Abinader, bears the number 1-24, and regulates the National Intelligence System and the […]
"This Monday [Jan. 22], the Venezuelan regime's attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said that he requested new arrest warrants against Venezuelans suspected of a new alleged plan to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, as the president himself denounced days ago. Among the new requests are journalist Sebastiana Barráez, who works on the military beat, as well as […]
"Mexican journalist Azucena Uresti said goodbye to her program on Milenio Televisión. This surprising decision garnered several reactions, including that of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who invited her to reveal the circumstances for which she resigned from the television station. According to the Mexican president, the journalist 'implied that she was a victim of […]
"Following his inauguration as Guatemala’s president on Jan. 14 , Bernardo Arévalo faces a range of press freedom challenges as a key test of his new government. With a reputation as a reformer, it remains to be seen how Arévalo will act to stop the criminalization of journalism in Guatemala, including addressing the high-profile case […]
"[...] The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks nominations for the 2024 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. Nominees can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists who are from and work in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, Latin America/Caribbean or the Middle East. The award reflects the mission of ICFJ's Knight Fellowships, which create […]
"Journalist murders decreased in Haiti in 2023 compared to the previous year, but the local press continued to be a victim of crimes, kidnappings, and multiple threats due to high levels of instability and violence prevailing in the country. The absence of guarantees, the lack of minimum safety conditions, and the high degree of impunity […]
"The [Brazilian] Federal Police arrested Jânio Freitas de Souza this Thursday (Jan. 18). He is considered the right-hand man of Ruben Dário da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' who is accused of the murders of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips. Bruno and Dom were killed in 2022, in Vale do Javari, […]
“Everything indicates that strong changes are coming in public media, where the Government [of Argentina] has not yet appointed any official since President Javier Milei took office. The signal that gave the warning of these changes was the strong police presence stationed by the Government at the door of Radio Nacional, Télam and TV Pública, […]