"Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro have been promoting yet another disinformation campaign about the January 8 coup acts. This time, the target is photo reporter Adriano Machado, from the Reuters news agency. In addition to trying to blame the current government for acts caused by supporters of the former president, the Bolsonarists are now […]
"Photojournalist Sérgio Silva still had a remnant of hope that the Court of Justice of São Paulo would reconsider its 2017 decision, but that's not what happened. The 9th Chamber of Civil Law unanimously maintained, on Wednesday (April 26), the understanding that the State is not responsible for the shooting by a military police officer […]
"Representatives of the Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay [Human Rights Coordinator of Paraguay or Codehupy, by its Spanish acronym] and the Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay [Paraguayan Journalists Union] presented [this Wednesday, April 26] in Congress a draft bill that seeks the establishment of an institution to ensure the safety of journalists and human […]
"Another journalist was murdered within 48 hours in Haiti, the most dangerous country in which to practice journalism, according to a preliminary report by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) released Tuesday [April 25]. The body of Ricot Jean, a journalist with Radio-Télé Évolution Inter in Saint-Marc, a town 73 km [45 miles] north of […]
"A court sentenced to 34 years and six months in prison two people accused as material authors of the murder of journalist Gerardo Delgado in October of last year, informed this Monday [April 24] the Ecuadorian Public Prosecutor's Office. 'Based on evidence presented at the trial, the Prosecutor's Office obtained a sentence of 34 years […]
"Periodistas Sin Cadenas Foundation informs the public that another journalist of Ecuadorian nationality has left the country in the face of successive threats against his life and the lack of action on the part of the authorities to guarantee his safety. The victim, whose name will be withheld, has received repeated threats that were brought […]
"UOL network journalist Juliana Dal Piva was acquitted of the decision that convicted her for making public the content of messages sent to her by Frederick Wassef, a lawyer of the Bolsonaro family. The messages included discrediting statements and threats by the lawyer against the journalist. On Thursday (April 20), the Court of Justice of […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Ecuadorian government’s commitment to fund and implement mechanisms that will advance press freedom and improve journalist safety in the country, following a meeting with representatives from CPJ and the local press freedom organization Fundamedios on Tuesday, April 18. The government’s secretary of the administration, Sebastián Corral, agreed during […]
"The [Brazilian] Judiciary determined that Google must pay a daily fine of R$ 100 thousand [about US $20 thousand] if it does not pass on information about e-mails posted on the platform containing death threats to two journalists from the Congresso em Foco news outlet. The Civil Police of the Federal District identified the suspect […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega inaugurated this Wednesday [April 19] a state technical education center in the building of the legendary newspaper La Prensa, militarily occupied since August 2021 and whose editorial staff went into exile due to the persecution unleashed against its staff. On Aug. 13, 2021, police patrols stormed the newspaper's premises, seized […]
"As a contribution to the debate on violent attacks against schools, Jeduca [Brazilian Association of Education Journalists] has compiled research from Brazil and other countries, mainly the United States, that analyzes the impacts of media coverage of these events, especially in their dissemination. The topic gained notoriety in recent weeks, due to the attacks on […]
"Carlos Loret de Mora informed that Pío López Obrador sued him and the digital media Latinus for moral and punitive damages, for disclosing videos in which the brother of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is seen receiving envelopes with cash. According to Loret, the President's brother is asking for 200 million [US $11 million dollars] […]