A report released by the Coalition in Defense of Journalism, a group made up of 11 Brazilian civil society organizations, exposed the main challenges faced by the press and journalists during 2024 municipal elections in Brazil. The study, carried out in partnership with Labic at the Federal University of Espírito Santo and ITS Rio, analyzed […]
"The Civil Police of Santa Catarina [in Brazil] is demanding The Intercept Brasil reveal the sources of its reporting on the Mari Ferrer case, written by reporter Schirlei Alves in 2020. The text reported on humiliations suffered in court by influencer Mariana Ferrer, who declared that she was a victim of rape in 2018. The […]
"Photojournalist Deisy Peña was detained in Los Teques, Miranda state [in Venezuela], when she was covering the post-election protests of July 28. She was released from prison on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 11, and was reunited with her daughter. [...] [The National Union of Press Workers] said Peña had been transferred to a women's […]
"Guatemalan authorities issued an arrest warrant on December 6 for journalist Juan Luis Font on charges of collusion and passive bribery. Font, co-director of the news radio show Con Criterio, has been living in exile since 2022 and told CPJ the charges stem from an old case that authorities have repeatedly used to try to incriminate him. [...] […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its initials in Spanish) denounced before the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders of the United Nations (UN) the arbitrary detention of community journalist Víctor Barahona, who's been held for more than 11 months in the context of a regime of exception, in […]
"On Thursday, Dec. 5, the team of legal representatives of the Legal First Aid Clinic (CPAJ, for its initials in Spanish) of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES), approached the Attorney General's Office (FGR) to verify the legal process against journalist Mónica Rodríguez and Steve Magaña, who were victims of an irregular raid […]
"A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations on the Right to Freedom of Expression […]
“Nov. 28, 2024 marked the second anniversary of the murder of journalist Wilder Alfredo Córdoba, who was shot and killed at the age of 35 in the municipality of La Unión, in the department of Nariño, Colombia. His death, perpetrated by armed men who intercepted him while he was riding a motorcycle, remains an unpunished […]
"In the face of the growing crackdown on press freedom sparked by Venezuela’s presidential election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and seven partner organisations have joined forces to expose the harrowing obstacles currently facing the Venezuelan press. Their report found over 228 violations of press freedom, and at least eight journalists remain arbitrarily imprisoned. RSF urges […]
"Shortly before receiving the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, at the Casa Rosada, [Argentina President] Javier Milei once again criticized journalists through a long post on social media, where he highlighted the role of technology in putting an end to what he called a 'monopoly of the word.' He did so through a lengthy […]
“The Nicaraguan government detained a journalist after he reported on a television channel about increases in food prices, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) denounced this Thursday [Nov. 14]. 'The Nicaraguan government must immediately release Canal 23 journalist Elsbeth D'Anda, who was arrested on October 27 after reporting on the increasing cost of basic food […]
“Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora made a statement Friday, Nov. 15, on the decision of an Appeals Court that revoked his substitute measures of house arrest and ordered him to return to prison within 48 hours, a decision that he questioned because, in his opinion, the arguments used to revoke the previous measures are not […]