“In an Oct. 25 resolution, Peru Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered the Attorney General’s office to compel [investigative news website] IDL-Reporteros to turn over audio recordings that were part of its 2018 investigation into judicial corruption and to interrogate [Gustavo] Gorriti, its editor in chief. ‘It is appalling that the Peruvian judicial system […]
“Last Sunday [Nov. 3], sports journalist Marco Antonio Centurión was detained by mistake at the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, in the city of Rosario [Argentina], after local police [mis]identified him as the leader of a gang that distributed child pornography. A few minutes after the incident, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, proudly published news […]
“The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement in which it demands 'that the intimidations by the Specialized Division of Criminal Investigation (Deic) against journalist Diego España cease, since two agents of this police agency arrived at the newsroom of the newspaper La Hora to request sensitive information from […]
"Brazilian Federal Police concluded that the murder of Indigenous affairs activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips, which occurred on June 5, 2022 in the Javari Valley, northern Amazonas, was due to surveillance activities [encouraged by Pereira] in the Amazon. The police also accused Rubén Dario da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' as the […]
Salvadoran magazine GatoEncerrado reported in a statement posted to the social network X that police officers went to the home of the mother of one of its editors after the publication of an article alleging the existence of a group of hitmen inside the National Civil Police. According to the magazine, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, […]
“Journalists and police officers who had been held [on Tuesday, Oct. 29] by people blocking a highway in Mairana [Bolivia] were released after hours of tension. Among the journalists were Rómer Castedo and his cameraman Ricardo Pedraza, from Red Uno, who, along with another journalist, were attacked while covering the police's attempts to clear the […]
The 2024 Freedom on the Net report, published by the organization Freedom House, analyzed global trends in online censorship and repression, including in Latin America, which according to the study faces challenges and some advances. The document, which assesses conditions of internet freedom in 72 countries, included Chile for the first time. There were solid […]
Two journalists were sent to trial on Tuesday [October 22] by judges handling cases related to arrests made during the protests against the [alleged] electoral fraud of July 28 in Venezuela. The National Union of Press Workers (Sntp for its initials in Spanish) reported that photojournalist Deisy Peña will go to trial following the hearing […]
In a pivotal move to bolster the protection of freedom of expression, journalist safety and other fundamental freedoms, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement underscores the shared commitment to upholding democratic principles and enhancing the rule […]
“Javier Milei's government in Argentina announced the decision to eliminate Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions for the sale of newspapers, magazines, and digital subscriptions of news media. This was communicated by spokesman Manuel Adorni in the conference in which he also informed the dissolution of the Federal Agency of Public Revenues. 'With this modification, the […]
"The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, as well as 19 international organizations, expressed their concern about reports of threats and intimidation against the judge handling the case against the founder of elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora. On her X account, the United Nations rapporteur wrote that she […]
“The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned 'verbal attacks' from the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, after he held journalists Azucena Uresti and Luis Chaparro responsible for what may happen to him. This follows reports that have emerged about the wave of violence affecting Culiacán and about discoveries and possible links to organized crime. […]