"A mission of senior U.S. Government officials met this week with different civil society leaders to hear their perspectives on democracy and human rights and also learned about the 'setbacks' in freedom of expression registered by the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, by its Spanish acronym). The delegation was led by the Deputy […]
The Gabo Foundation has launched the 5th edition of the Fund for Investigations and New Narratives on Drugs (FINND). The aim of the initiative, carried out in collaboration with the Open Society Foundation (OSF), is to support the research and publication of journalistic works that take an innovative approach to the challenges and opportunities related […]
"The courts have condemned the mayor of Oriximiná (Park, Brazil), Delegado Fonseca, for assaulting a journalist in a public place with a kick and a punch, and damaging the journalist's cell phone as a result. The incident took place in June last year. Judge José Gomes de Araújo Filho handed down the first-degree sentence in […]
"Colombian] journalist Ana Cristina Restrepo asked the mayor of Medellín [Antioquia department, Colombia], Daniel Quintero, to rectify the accusations he made against her during an interview on Blu Radio. He said that Restrepo, who had questioned him about reports of alleged corruption during his administration, had received payments from the Todos Por Medellín citizen watchdog […]
On Sept. 21, human rights organizations Article 19 (Office for Mexico and Central America), Access Now, Luchadoras, and SocialTIC published a press release rejecting a bill that seeks to reform the Mexican Federal Criminal Code regarding the regulation of new technologies. The bill was presented by Senator Olga Sanchez Cordero who says the aim of […]
"Three alleged hitmen are in custody for the murder of journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara and a policeman, according to Santos González Yescas, mayor of San Luis Río Colorado, a [Mexican] municipality on the border with the United States. [...] Gutiérrez Vergara was the director of a website, Notiface Prensa Digital de San Luis, which mainly […]
"The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is holding a four-day reporting institute for reporters and editors worldwide who wish to deepen their knowledge of early childhood development and increase their capacity to report ethically and effectively on the youngest children and their caregivers. The reporting institute [...] will be held March 8-11, 2024 at […]
"An armed attack against police officers in [the Mexican state of] Sonora left two people dead, among them journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara, who was with the agents when they were shot. The Sonora Prosecutor's Office said that the attack against the police officers took place early this morning [Sept. 25] in the Aviación neighborhood, in […]
"The increase in cases of judicial harassment against journalists and other attacks on communicators led ten institutions to sign an agreement and a work plan, starting immediately, against violations of press freedom at a national level. Signed this Thursday (Sept. 21) at the headquarters of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI, for its acronym in Portuguese), […]
"The National Association of Press Workers (SNTP, for its acronym in Spanish), reported this Thursday [Sept. 21] that Venezuelan journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta, detained on Sept. 8 in the Yapacana national park, located in the state of Amazonas, was granted conditional release by decision of a court in that border region with Colombia and Brazil. […]