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Agência Pública provides database of conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon

"Based on the information collected and brought to the public annually in the CPT's Conflicts in Campo Brasil reports, the Conflict Map makes an unprecedented analysis of data, investigating the instances of conflicts in the countryside in the Legal Amazon during the last decade (2011-2020). In addition to being a way to stimulate readers' interest […]

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Panama: The 2002 transparency law turns 20

"Law 6, signed on Jan. 22, 2002, "which dictates rules for transparency in public management, establishes the action of habeas data and dictates other provisions," celebrates its first 20 years in an environment of controversy over access to public information, the resistance of national and local authorities to deliver information, and paradoxically supported by an […]

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Adverse ruling against the State of Guatemala for violating rights of community radio stations

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR) published a ruling dated Oct. 6, 2021 in the case of the Maya Kaqchikel Indigenous Peoples of Sumpango et al v. Guatemala. The Inter-American Court found the State of Guatemala responsible for violating the rights to freedom of expression, equality before the law, and the right […]

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Cuba passes regulations criminalizing online content, further restricting internet access

“On August 17, the Cuban government enacted new regulations that criminalize the sharing of ‘false’ and ‘offensive’ information online, and grant authorities expanded powers to restrict online speech, according to the text of the regulations and press reports. [...] The director of cybersecurity for the Cuban Ministry of Communications, Pablo Domínguez Vásquez, said in a press conference that […]

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Colombia's FLIP asks for journalists to be allowed to enter Congress

“Since the pandemic began, the media has been banished from the national capitol. […] It is assumed that the session of this July 20, in which the legislature will be installed, will be completely face-to-face due to the fact that the election of the presidency of both chambers will be held, but again the media […]

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Bolsonaro blocks 69 journalists and six media outlets on Twitter, according to Abraji

"A survey conducted by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) shows that in addition to blocking 69 journalists, President Jair Bolsonaro's Twitter account has already vetoed six media outlets. For specialists heard by Abraji, the new strategy signals a clear impediment to the work of press professionals and a discriminatory act. According to Abraji's […]

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Nearly half of Brazilian journalists have never used the Access to Information Law, says survey

“Almost half of [Brazilian] journalists (48.44%) have never made requests through the access to information law to cover stories, according to a survey launched this Monday (May 17) by Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism). The study marks nine years since the implementation of the LAI (Access to Information Law) in Brazil. The law was […]

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It was a milestone for Mexico’s democracy. Now López Obrador wants to get rid of the country’s freedom of information institute

“Each of the cases was exposed thanks to Mexico’s freedom of information system, often ranked among the world’s most effective. Created in 2002, it has allowed journalists and researchers to wrest documents from a government long known for opacity. The system has been ‘one of the most important democratic advances in Mexico’ since the end […]

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Forum on Right of Access to Public Information denounces the regression of transparency with Ministry of Health in Brazil

"Eleven civil society organizations that are part of the Right to Access to Public Information Forum - coordinated by Transparency Brasil - published today (Dec. 10, 2020) a technical note with recommendations for improvements in the transparency of the Ministry of Health regarding data about the new coronavirus pandemic. The document will be forwarded to […]

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Uruguayan law that authorizes blocking and removal of audiovisual content without judicial order worries organizations

“The signatory organizations consider that these kinds of modifications with risks for the validity of fundamental rights need an informed debate with the participation of multiple stakeholders. The removal of content from the Internet without a decision by a judicial authority - even when there is the possibility of appeal by users after the fact […]