"Julio Chiapetta, former head of Sports for the newspaper Clarín, was declared in absentia for a lawsuit filed against him by the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez and a judge from the Single Sentencing Court, Inés Galarza, ordered his capture. The journalist said that he had not been duly notified. Argentine trade associations and the […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 183rd Regular Period of Sessions from March 7 to 18. The format for holding the Period of Sessions will be implemented in response to the fulfillment of its mandates and functions given the seriousness of the situation that the region and the world are going […]
"The National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela (Conatel, by its Spanish acronym) shut down the Kalor 101.9 FM station, based in Acarigua, in the state of Portuguesa, on Dec. 28. The news outlet was run by the journalist and recently-elected opposition mayor, Carlos Barrios. [...] On Dec. 27, the regulatory body closed the Astro 97.7 FM […]
"The governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro, announced on Dec. 27 that he had filed lawsuits against the journalist and researcher Ricardo Ravelo Galó, of the SinEmbargo news outlet, for alleged moral damage. [...] The governor's reaction comes after the journalist published two articles on Dec. 17 and 24part of a journalistic […]
"In the ruling, notified today [Dec.21, 2021], relapsed in the Case of Palacio Urrutia et al. v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the international responsibility of the State of Ecuador for the violation of the rights to freedom of expression, the principle of legality, movement and residence, job stability, judicial guarantees and […]
The El Salvador authorities, including President Nayib Bukele, are blocking people on social media who criticize the government, Human Rights Watch said Dec. 16th. This violates their rights to free speech and access to information, and to participate in the conduct of public affairs. Human Rights Watch identified 91 blocked accounts, the vast majority on Twitter, including […]
"The NGO Espacio Público documented 103 violations of freedom of expression [in November]. Most of the cases had to do with intimidation of journalists, censorship and administrative restrictions that hindered access to information. This number raised the total to 453 violations reported to the organization until Nov. 30. In 44% of the cases, journalists were […]
"(Dec. 14, 2021) At the crossroads of protests of Jalisco journalists against Governor Enrique Alfaro, the University of Guadalajara has created the Observatory on Freedom of Expression and Violence against Journalists. The rector of the Guadalajara University (UdeG, by its acronym in Spanish), Ricardo Villanueva Lomelí, said it is the university's to defend and support […]
"A TV Bahía team, affiliated with TV Globo, was attacked by security guards and supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) this Sunday morning, Dec. 12, in Itamaraju. The President visited the area after heavy rains caused damage to the south of Bahia. According to TV Globo, reporter Camila Marinho and cameraman Cleriston Santana were waiting […]
“Noticias Uno rejected in its Dec. 8 broadcast the announcement by the Prosecutor's Office that it would inspect its files for the broadcast of October 19, 2013, the date on which Noticias Uno revealed information related to the board of directors of the Aqueduct and Sewerage Company of Bogotá at that time This would serve […]