"A Chilean court on Tuesday [June 30] sentenced former head of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE), retired General Schafik Nazal, and former Santiago Court of Appeals judge Juan Poblete to five years of intensive supervised probation in connection with an investigation into illegal phone surveillance targeting a journalist and former military officials. The investigation by […]
"Journalism exists to ask questions—especially of those in power. When those questions are met with lawsuits, content removals and attempts at intimidation, we are no longer dealing with an ordinary conflict between the press and public officials. We are facing a threat to freedom of expression and society’s right to information. This is precisely what […]
"On June 12, 2026, [Peru's] Congress approved the report of an investigative commission regarding the effective collaboration agreement signed in 2019 between the Peruvian State and the Brazilian company Odebrecht, which had confessed to paying bribes to secure public works contracts. The report recommends that the Public Prosecutor's Office initiate criminal proceedings against journalist Gustavo […]
"The National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ, for its Portuguese initials), together with its affiliated unions, publicly expresses its profound condemnation and concern regarding the increasing removal of social media profiles linked to Meta accounts and independent and alternative journalism websites in Brazil. Such measures—often implemented arbitrarily and without transparency—constitute a serious form of private censorship […]
"State prosecutors charged a journalist with terrorism over his reporting. A court ordered a columnist to delete an article linking a candidate to criminal networks. A judge barred a newspaper from mentioning a governor unless its content was reviewed by a court monitor. These examples from the past year are part of a rising trend […]
“Ecuavisa, one of Ecuador’s largest television networks, denounced on Friday [June 20] what it described as government retaliation against one of its journalists, after he investigated alleged irregularities in contracts signed during the country’s 2024 electricity crisis that allegedly involved senior government officials. The journalist, Hernán Higuera, said his wife was dismissed from her job […]
“A broad segment of Colombia’s press has raised concerns over the potential election of Abelardo de la Espriella as president. Ahead of the runoff vote, press freedom organizations and journalists have pointed to the attorney’s long history of using legal action against those who have criticized him or his clients, warning that his ‘pattern of […]
"On June 14, 2026, crime reporter Ceymor Rengifo, from the outlet La Voz Ucayalina, was stopped by members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) while conducting a live broadcast outside the Criminal Investigation Division (Divincri) in Ucayali. Footage circulated on social media shows PNP Lieutenant Luis Miguel Pacheco Pilco—dressed in plainclothes—asking for Rengifo’s identification document, […]
"The house illegally occupied by the Ortega-Murillo regime's police belonging to Nicaraguan photojournalist Oswaldo Rivas appeared a few days ago for sale on the Encuentra24 platform at a price of USD $255,000. The advertiser identifies himself on the application as Moreno Merlo, a real estate agent who has 77 other property listings for sale. From […]
"FIFA reversed its stance and will allow questions and answers in Spanish at all 2026 World Cup press conferences following several incidents that sparked criticism among Spanish-speaking journalists and fans. The controversy erupted when FIFA moderators prevented questions in Spanish from being asked of players who spoke the language—including Achraf Hakimi prior to the match […]
"The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF, for its Portuguese initials) is seeking information regarding cases of judicial harassment against journalists in Rondônia. The agency sent formal requests to the Rondônia Journalists' Union (Sinjor), the Court of Justice of Rondônia (TJ/RO), and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rondônia (MPRO) to gather data on […]
"The Espacio OSC (Space for Civil Society Organizations for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists) has launched the campaign '#FútbolConMemoria' (#SoccerWithMemory) to coincide with the 2026 World Cup. The objective of this initiative is to make visible the risks and attacks faced by journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico, a reality that […]