"The Association of Journalists of Lima (CPL, by its Spanish acronym) demanded that the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) publish the preliminary report on the situation of freedom of the press, as well as the recommendations to regulate its full exercise in Peru. The institutional request […]
"This Mon. Oct. 3, the judge of the 4th Oral Trial Court, Geni Morales, issued an official notice demanding TVN to reveal the sources used in a story on the 'Pacogate,' that is, an [alleged] fraud within [the Chilean police agency] Carabineros. The investigation was broadcasted in detail in the program Informe Especial on Sept. […]
"[News outlet Espacio Público says] September closed as the month with the highest number of cases of violations of freedom of expression so far in 2022. We documented 27 cases and a total of 68 violations of the right to freedom of expression and more than half were acts of censorship. The main victims of […]
"Contrary to promises by Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the government he heads has not stopped using the Pegasus spyware illegally -- the cell phones of at least two journalists and a human rights defender were infected with the powerful intrusive system between 2019 and 2021. Citizen Lab, the flagship expert lab on Pegasus, […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued the Resolution 49/2022 on Sept. 29, 2022, by which it granted precautionary measures to Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro and his close family, after deeming that they are in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable harm to their rights in Nicaragua. According to the petitioning […]
"Bolivian journalistic organizations unanimously rejected the request of the State Attorney General, Wilfredo Chávez, to lift source secrecy on the dissemination of a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) having to do with extrajudicial executions in the Las Américas hotel, in April 2009. The National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym), which […]
"A people's tribunal, which held a series of hearings on journalists killings, condemned Mexico, Sri Lanka and Syria on Sept. 19 and called for an 'independent and comprehensive' review of measures in place to protect the news media. Composed of international jurists, [the tribunal] heard testimonies during six months on the 2009 murder of Lasantha […]
"The Nicaraguan government took CNN en Español off the air Thurs. Sept. 22 at 12:07 a.m. ET, 10:07 p.m. Wed. in the Central American country. (...) CNN issued a statement on the off-airing of its signal in Nicaragua: 'At CNN en Español we believe in the vital role that freedom of the press plays in […]
"The Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories ordered the withdrawal of the air of two UOL feature stories on the use of cash for the purchase of real estate by the family of President Jair Bolsonaro. The decision, by Judge Demetrius Gomes Cavalcanti, heeded the appeal filed by the defense of Senator […]
"The closure of 54 media outlets in Nicaragua by orders of the Government of Daniel Ortega, the confiscation of three other newspaper companies plus the closure of some 1,800 non-governmental organizations are for Carlos Fernando Chamorro, director of Confidencial, the greatest evidence of the 'drastic closure' in his country. Chamorro shared his insights with other […]