"An appeals court in Guatemala ruled on Thursday [Oct. 12] to overturn the sentence dictated in June against journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín and ordered a retrial. Last June, Zamora was sentenced to six years in prison for an alleged crime of money laundering. The court's decision against the founder of elPeriódico newspaper came before […]
"Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) violently detained journalist Marcelino Humberto Felipa Sebastián, who works for the digital media Chinchanito TV. The incident occurred while the journalist was covering an eviction case in the district of Alto Larán, Chincha, in the region of Ica. It should be noted that the police officers said they […]
"At least 223 Nicaraguan journalists have left Nicaragua for security reasons or have been banished since April 2018, according to a report released by the regional network Voces del Sur and the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy. The report, titled 'Defamation, accusations and use of stigmatizing language: the 'opaque voice' of government spokespersons […]
"The Permanent Media Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, in collaboration with representatives of the Ministry of Labor and the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP, for its Spanish acronym), met to discuss the bill that establishes a "conscience clause" to safeguard the labor rights of journalists and communication professionals. [...] Deputy Tobías Crespo, proponent of […]
"The Electoral Tribunal and representatives of Panamanian journalistic organizations met this Monday, Oct. 9, with the goal of analyzing complaints against journalists and digital media. This meeting arose after complaints against media and journalists for alleged violations of the rules of electoral propaganda, as contemplated in the Electoral Code. During the meeting, representatives of the […]
"The National Directorate of Electoral Organization of the Electoral Tribunal [TE, by its Spanish acronym] [of Panama] ordered journalist Álvaro Alvarado and the digital news outlets Foco and Claramente to suspend the publications in social media of images or videos of Ricardo Martinelli, presidential candidate of the Realizando Metas party. The TE's decision arises in […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the criminal defamation suit filed by the owner of the rum company Rhum Barbancourt against the independent news website AyiboPost and its editor-in-chief, Widlore Mérancourt, and calls on Haitian authorities to repeal the country’s punitive criminal defamation laws, the organization said Friday [Oct. 6]. On Sept. 14, […]
"The 'government hostility' of President Rodrigo Chaves [of Costa Rica] against journalists and media outlets has increased self-censorship in the press, reveals a report by the U.S. organization Freedom House, which details the attacks and persecution from the Executive Branch against La Nación, Teletica and CRHoy. [...] Freedom House highlights as extremely negative what happened […]
The National Association of Journalists (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) of Peru published a communiqué on the occasion of Journalists' Day, commemorated on Oct. 1, in which it pointed out that the date comes "under challenging circumstances for journalistic activity." According to the ANP, "the permanent siege to those who inform shows that, today as […]
"The journalist, contributor to Aristegui Noticias and other news outlets, Estrella Pedroza, denounced that she was a victim of aggression by officers of the State Security Commission of Morelos [Mexico] while she was carrying out her journalistic work. According to Pedroza, the aggression began when she was intercepted by security agents while she was taking […]
"The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia announced that it is investigating an alleged violent attack on the Semana magazine's premises in Bogotá by a group of Indigenous representatives [on Friday, Sept. 29]. [...] Semana magazine published on its website a video showing a group of people arriving at its facilities and breaking a […]
"Colombian] journalist Ana Cristina Restrepo asked the mayor of Medellín [Antioquia department, Colombia], Daniel Quintero, to rectify the accusations he made against her during an interview on Blu Radio. He said that Restrepo, who had questioned him about reports of alleged corruption during his administration, had received payments from the Todos Por Medellín citizen watchdog […]