“The multi-state news channel teleSUR, headquartered in Venezuela, denounced Monday [May 6] that its broadcasting on Argentina's Open Digital Television (TDA, by its Spanish acronym) was cancelled. 'The media censorship against teleSUR in Argentina represents a serious attack on the right to information, by limiting access to dissident voices, restricting the plurality of information, undermining […]
In an editorial published this Sunday, May 5, Colombian magazine Cambio announced a case of extortion and cyber attacks against it, allegedly by “an international network that defrauds cancer patients” and whose objective is to “erase a journalistic investigation that exposes them.” As reported, the story began on July 17, 2023 when an investigation was […]
“On World Press Freedom Day, the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reiterates its concern for the grave situation of journalists in Haiti, a country that currently faces the greatest challenges to press freedom in the hemisphere. This Office urges the Presidential Transitional […]
"In the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, more than half the countries in the Americas region have seen their situation deteriorate, particularly due to the fall in the political indicator. More and more politicians are stigmatizing journalists and the media in their speeches. On top of this, political actors employ disinformation campaigns, abusive prosecutions and […]
“On the morning of Thursday, May 2, the Santiago-Chile 2024 International Media Meeting was held, an event in which the National Press Association (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish) [of Chile] served as host along with the Catholic University. The main press organizations at a global level, such as the World Association of News Publishers […]
“Argentine President Javier Milei and his administration must immediately refrain from attacking press freedom, stigmatizing journalists, and allow journalists to do their jobs freely and without restrictions, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. During his first 100 days in office, a report by FOPEA, a local press freedom organization, found that four out […]
“Nineteen Cuban journalists, activists and activist artists launched a petition this Monday [April 29] on change.org that was addressed to the global community and colleagues. In it, they demand the ‘immediate' release of Cuban independent reporter José Luis Tan Estrada. Tan Estrada was detained on April 28. He is currently being held at the headquarters […]
"On Friday, April 26, the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel, by its Spanish acronym) closed down the radio station Minuto 106.1 FM in Barquisimeto, Lara [Venezuela]. The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) reported that the station requested to renew the concession with Conatel without receiving a response. [...] The radio station broadcast music, information and […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed a Brazilian court’s decision on Tuesday [April 23] to uphold the conviction of four men for the 2012 murder of journalist Valério Luiz de Oliveira. Oliveira was shot dead […] while leaving his offices at Rádio Jornal 820 AM […] in Goiânia, the capital of the central Brazilian state […]
"[Brazilian] Supreme Federal Court Minister Cármen Lúcia, in a definitive decision, overturned the determination of the Mato Grosso Court to seize the cell phones and computers of two journalists in the state. Alexandre Aprá and Enoch Cavalcanti had written and published reports and opinion articles about Orlando de Almeida Perri, from the Court of Justice […]
"Chilean authorities must drop criminal charges against journalists Daniel Labbé and Josefa Barraza and ensure journalists can work without restrictions, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday (April 25th). On Tuesday, Labbé, an independent journalist, was sentenced to a suspended prison term of 61 days on charges of public disorder, the journalist told CPJ by […]
"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will prepare a report on the growing exile of journalists in the Americas, highlighting its impact on the right to freedom of expression and press, access to public information and democracy. [...] In this context, the Office […]