"The censorship of a featured story by Amazônia Real reached three months on Oct. 19. The Amazonas State Court has not given an answer to a lawsuit and two appeals filed by the independent and investigative journalism agency against the decision, considered an attack on the freedom of the press by specialized organizations and journalists […]
“On October 11, Santa Catarina’s state assembly held the first session of a Parliamentarian Commission of Investigation (CPI, by its Portuguese acronym), which is investigating The Intercept Brasil and Portal Catarinas for their joint report, published on June 20, about attempts by members of the state’s legal system to stop an 11-year-old rape survivor from […]
"Following the massive resignation of its entire team in Cuba after pressure from the Cuban government, El Toque reinvented itself to continue reflecting the reality of the island. They have used a multimedia journalistic approach and remain close to the concerns of ordinary Cubans, even if from thousands of miles away. Doing truthful and objective […]
"The Ombudsman's Office once again urged the President of the Republic [of Peru], Pedro Castillo, to respect and guarantee freedom of expression in the country. This due to the controversial statements he made after a meeting with graduates of the Armed Forces. 'We urge President Pedro Castillo to respect and guarantee Freedom of Expression and Freedom […]
"Officials of state security forces, such as the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, by its Spanish acronym), are preventing journalists, reporters and press workers from accessing the disaster area in Tejerías, Aragua state (central Venezuela), which was declared an emergency due to floods. Constant rains during the afternoon and night of Sat. Oct. 8, and the […]
"Fidel Castro had a predominant place in Abraham Jiménez Enoa's early years. His grandfather worked as a bodyguard for El Comandante, as well as for Che Guevara. Jiménez Enoa's relatives were high-ranking military officers in the Cuban government, and he lived a comfortable life in the heart of the communist system. [...] But Jiménez Enoa, now […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) invites civil society organizations and States to sign up for one or several of the four public hearings listed below, which are set to be held during the Commission's 185th Period of Sessions. [...] The organizations and States who wish to take part in one or several of […]
"The Association of Journalists of Lima (CPL, by its Spanish acronym) demanded that the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) publish the preliminary report on the situation of freedom of the press, as well as the recommendations to regulate its full exercise in Peru. The institutional request […]
"This Mon. Oct. 3, the judge of the 4th Oral Trial Court, Geni Morales, issued an official notice demanding TVN to reveal the sources used in a story on the 'Pacogate,' that is, an [alleged] fraud within [the Chilean police agency] Carabineros. The investigation was broadcasted in detail in the program Informe Especial on Sept. […]
"[News outlet Espacio Público says] September closed as the month with the highest number of cases of violations of freedom of expression so far in 2022. We documented 27 cases and a total of 68 violations of the right to freedom of expression and more than half were acts of censorship. The main victims of […]
"Contrary to promises by Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the government he heads has not stopped using the Pegasus spyware illegally -- the cell phones of at least two journalists and a human rights defender were infected with the powerful intrusive system between 2019 and 2021. Citizen Lab, the flagship expert lab on Pegasus, […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued the Resolution 49/2022 on Sept. 29, 2022, by which it granted precautionary measures to Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro and his close family, after deeming that they are in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable harm to their rights in Nicaragua. According to the petitioning […]