"Independent journalist Anay Remón García was questioned and threatened this Thursday afternoon, April 8, by two political police agents. During her interrogation, in the Zanja police unit, belonging to the municipality of Centro Habana, regime officials threaten to put her in jail because of her collaboration with the unofficial media outlet CubaNet. 'In short, what […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and other civil society organizations signed this Wed., April 6, a joint statement in which they request the complete withdrawal of the provisions on parliamentary immunity and remuneration for journalistic content from bill 2630 /2020, known as 'PL das Fake News' ['Fake News Initiative']. This public demonstration is […]
“For many years, in this space our readers have found critical journalism with a stated intention to understand the political and social phenomena that determine the lives of Salvadorans and Central Americans. Among them, we have also explained the gangs, their origin and their excessive development in the north of Central America, how they subdued […]
"Guatemalan authorities should immediately dismiss criminal proceedings against journalist Juan Luis Font, allow him to work freely without fear of reprisal, and stop using lawsuits to harass members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. In late March 2022, the country’s former communications minister Alejandro Sinibaldi brought a criminal case against Font, […]
“The Legislative Assembly approved this Tuesday, March 5, a reform to the Penal Code to sanction with ten to fifteen years in prison those who through the media ‘reproduce or transmit messages or communications’ from gangs. This prohibition covers the dissemination of 'texts, paintings, designs, drawings and graffiti' of gangs, according to the reform approved […]
"Guatemalan authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc, a correspondent for local news outlet Prensa Comunitaria, and stop using the country’s justice system to harass and silence the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On January 14, a criminal court judge in Puerto Barrios, in the eastern Guatemalan department […]
"A team from Repórter Brasil was waiting for an answer to a request for an interview at the headquarters of the British mining company Brazil Iron, in Piatã (Brazil), when it was approached by two military police officers on March, 28, because the journalists had allegedly invaded private property. As the crime did not take […]
"The Association of Argentine Journalistic Organizations (ADEPA) and the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) expressed their concern tonight about the Government's initiative through which it would aim to regulate opinions on social media. Through communiqués, both entities criticized the declarations of the Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Gustavo Beliz, and warned that "this type of initiative implies […]
"The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, with a large pro-government majority, decreed an exceptional regime this Sunday, March 27, as a result of an 'excessive increase' in homicides attributed to gangs and that claimed the lives of 76 people in two days, which is a record in the country's recent history. [...] The Legislative body, […]
"Nicaraguan authorities should release publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro from prison immediately, and should ensure that members of the press do not face criminal penalties for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On Wednesday, March 23, at the end of a three-day closed-door trial, a judge in a Managua court found Holmann, […]