"[...] Last Feb. 15, we 94 Nicaraguan citizens were stripped of our nationality by the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, in an illegal, unconstitutional act, and in violation of international treaties signed by the State of Nicaragua. The penalty also includes the loss of our citizenship rights in perpetuity and the […]
"Nearly a hundred journalists from various media outlets in Guatemala staged a demonstration on Saturday [March 4] in front of the country's Supreme Court in protest for a judge's decision to investigate nine journalists due to their publications on different allegations. The demonstration was also to protest against the case of another journalist critical of […]
"On Monday morning [March 6], the Criminal Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José convicted journalist Marlon Mora Jiménez of two counts of defamation against former presidential candidate and criminal lawyer Juan Diego Castro Fernández. According to the [radio] news show 'Interferencia,' the ruling imposed a fine of CRC 600,000 [about US $1,000] […]
“Last January, the Governmental Palace [of Peru] gathered with some journalistic unions to develop a ‘Protocol’ that would regulate journalistic coverage during protests, in the midst of several police attacks against reporters. Some [journalists] did not attend, others withdrew along the way, and just a few stayed to the end. Even so, the publication of […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday called on Guatemalan authorities to stop any investigation of columnists and employees of elPeriódico newspaper, release its president José Rubén Zamora unconditionally, and allow the newspaper’s staff to work freely. Judge Jimi Bremer, acting on a request by prosecutor Cinthya Monterroso of the Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office, ordered an […]
"In the hearing where the president of elPeriódico, José Ruben Zamora, was indicted for a second case in which he is accused of conspiracy to obstruct justice, the Public Prosecutor's Office requested that the investigation be extended to journalists and independent news outlets. It argues that their publications hindered the work of the Public Prosecutor's […]
“The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) asked the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Feb. 22, 2023, to grant temporary measures in favor of the team of journalists at the radio station La Costeñísima in Nicaragua's South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, as well as their families. The IACHR believes they all face an extremely […]
"The Tenth Court of First Criminal Instance [of Guatemala] convicted this Tuesday, Feb. 21, attorney Mario Castañeda, who defended the president of the newspaper elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora. [...] Judge Jimmi Bremmer issued a three-year commuted prison sentence against the lawyer for the crime of conspiracy to obstruct justice. [...] The head of the Special […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has published the calendar of public hearings that will take place as part of the 183rd Period of Sessions, to be held in person from March 6–10, 2023, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in the United States. During the period of sessions, several promotional events […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) denounced the continued abuse of defamation lawsuits against Panamanian media and journalists and the preventive seizure of their assets as mechanisms of intimidation and gagging to curb critical journalism. The IAPA endorsed the recent expressions of its regional vice-presidency in Panama, the National Council of Journalists (CNP, by its […]
"In the past 20 years, at least 285 radio stations have been closed in Venezuela under orders of the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel, by its Spanish acronym). Conatel alleges, according to those affected, improper administrative decisions, while defenders of freedom of expression describe those actions as arbitrary. Carlos Correa, director of the NGO Espacio Público, […]
"The Government of Nicaragua has surprised this Thursday with news of enormous repercussion. The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which exercises a policy of widespread repression in the Central American country, has released 222 of the 245 political prisoners in the country without notifying their families. Immediately, they have banished them in a […]