“The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG) registered 124 attacks against the press in the first 11 months of the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei, who took office on January 14.
The majority of the complaints registered by the APG have been “obstruction of the source,” with 31 cases; while 20 journalists have indicated that they were subjected to “intimidation and pressure”; 19 claim to have received ‘threats’; 14 have said that they have been defamed and the rest have been classified as retention, physical aggression, arbitrary detention, censorship, cyber attacks, verbal and material aggression, judicial harassment and harassment. In addition, two journalists have been killed.”
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