"From Oct. 30, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023, there were 70 cases of physical aggressions, offenses, obstruction of work, digital harassment, among other types of attacks on journalists that were recorded. The monitoring was carried out by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) in partnership with the National Federation of […]
"A journalist in northern Mexico escaped unharmed after a gunman attacked his family’s vehicle in the border state of Sonora in the first reported attempt on a reporter’s life in the country in the new year. Sunday’s attack, on the first day of 2023, came after Mexico suffered its worst year of killings of journalists […]
"The [television] network Unitel reported last Sun. Jan. 1, that, for a second time since the outbreak of social unrest in Santa Cruz [Bolivia], one of its journalists teams was attacked by police officers. Two days earlier, the National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) issued a statement in which it demanded that the […]
"A new shooting attack at the offices of Televisión Litoral in the city of Rosario, Argentina -the second attack in two weeks- was condemned on Dec. 29, 2022 by the main news organizations in the country. This happened in the context of an environment of insecurity related to drug trafficking that affects the city. 'This […]
"Ruben Villar, alias 'Colombia,' who is a suspect in the double murder of Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips, was arrested again by the Federal Police on Tues. Dec. 20. He was considered a fugitive by the Federal Court because he failed to comply with the conditions imposed by the granting of […]
"An increase in environmental crimes poses significant risks to the Amazon Region. Wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, unsustainable fishing, and the expansion of mining and agricultural activities are some of the issues threatening the Amazon ecosystem, and the Indigenous peoples and local communities it is home to. Journalists, independent news outlets, and environmental defenders, already constrained […]
"Ricardo Carvajal Salazar denounced having been the victim of a 'warning,' after the advertising office he owns was shot at with high-powered weapons in the early hours of Dec. 19. This was made known by the NGO, Article 19, which reported the facts through social media. Due to the fact that the shots were fired outside […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, by its Spanish acronym) registered more than 100 aggressions against the press between January and mid-November of this year, according to data from its Monitoring Center to which the EFE news agency had access. The report indicates that up to Nov. 20 there were 107 aggressions, with 44 […]
"Mexican] journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva denounced on Dec. 15 that two armed men made an attempt on his life outside his home. 'At 11:10 pm, 200 meters [650 feet] from my house, two people on a motorcycle shot at me, apparently with the clear intention of killing me. I was saved by the armor of […]
"Attacks on media outlets in Peru this week were planned 'against freedom of expression' and seek to 'breed terror', at a time when the South American country is facing a severe political crisis, local journalists told Voice of America. The Peruvian Press Council (CPP, by its Spanish acronym) compiled the facts in a detailed report […]