"Peru has seen a recent series of alarming legislative initiatives, judicial harassment and smear campaigns targeting independent media outlets. These developments mark a severe deterioration of the country’s democratic environment and pose an unprecedented threat to press freedom. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French) calls on Peruvian authorities to end the hostility […]
"Human rights defenders and relatives of Venezuelan journalist and activist Carlos Julio Rojas asked Pope Leo XIV to mediate for his release. Rojas has been in detention for 13 months as of Thursday [May 15] . 'The Supreme Pontiff said that the suffering of imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community,' […]
“José Carlos González Herrera, who managed the Facebook page ‘El Guerrero Opinión Ciudadana’, with 142,000 followers, was shot in the center of the port of Acapulco, despite the special operation deployed by authorities from the city’s Public Security Secretariat. According to initial reports, José Carlos González, known as El Fénix, was killed by several gunshot […]
“Journalist Ronaldo Chaves dos Santos, 59, reported being physically assaulted by a city employee in Santo Antônio do Descoberto, in the metropolitan area surrounding Brazil’s Federal District. A video circulating on social media captured the moment he was attacked. The incident has been reported to the police. In the footage, José Sobreira de Oliveira Filho, […]
Authorities have arrested three men suspected of killing Colombian journalist María Victoria Correa and her sister, María Norelia Correa, at a bakery in the city of Envigado. The suspects—Juan Camilo Carvajal Burbano, known as “Gafas”; Deiby Yulián Posso Pretel, known as “Cali”; and Yuván Daniel Arenas Gómez, known as “El Mello”— were detained 15 days […]
More than 600 journalists, artists and cultural figures in Argentina have voiced support for journalist Ari Lijalad, who is facing a criminal lawsuit filed by President Javier Milei for “defamation and slander.” The suit stems from an opinion column published May 4 on the news site El Destape, titled “Milei, between hatred of information and […]
“Conditions for journalists in Honduras are increasingly hostile, dangerous and deadly. Experts say threats include blackmailing media outlets through government advertising, cyber harassment, lack of transparency, intolerance by public officials and politicians, organized crime, and a rise in lawsuits targeting journalists and media workers. With about nine months remaining in President Xiomara Castro’s term, several […]
“Colombia’s Inspector General on May 2 issued a decision holding the National Army responsible for illegal profiling and surveillance of journalists in the case known as Secret Files (Carpetas Secretas in Spanish). The ruling confirms the responsibility of nine Army members assigned to various military intelligence units within the First Military Intelligence Brigade. They were […]
“The right-wing party Patria Libre called for a peaceful protest in front of the National Congress in response to a bill submitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate aimed at regulating freedom of expression and digital media. This new bill adds to a series of similar initiatives that have raised concerns in Dominican society […]
"The Latin American and Caribbean Forum for Journalism (FLAP, for its Spanish acronym), with the support of UNESCO's International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC), presented a comprehensive program aimed at strengthening freedom of expression and the safety of journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean. The plan will be articulated around four strategic […]
"Journalists' associations, the Ombudsman's Office and former authorities [in Bolivia] remembered the day for journalists not as a celebration, but as a grievance of the constant struggle and the great challenge faced by journalism in the face of recurrent cases of violence, hostility and precarious working conditions. The journalists' union demanded the State create protection […]
"Two foreign journalists and Loida Avelar, from FACTUM magazine, were arbitrarily detained by a group of seven members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES, for its initials in Spanish), while they were reporting on the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. While they were recording general images of the […]