"Liberal representatives Roya Torres and Esmérita Sánchez, as well as Rocío Abed presented a bill 'To protect journalists, communicators and human rights defenders,' coinciding with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on Nov. 2. The objective, according to the bill, is that communicators can have a legal framework and to […]
"A former reporter for the El Nacional daily newspaper who also collaborated with three TV channels – Venevisión, Globovisión and Televén – Roland Carreño was arrested near his Caracas home on 26 October 2020 and has been held ever since on charges of money-laundering, financing terrorism, criminal association and illegal trafficking in weapons of war. [...] “The absurd charges against Roland Carreño and the […]
"The National Association of Newspapers (ANJ) and the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) released, this Thursday [Oct. 21], a statement of repudiation against the decision of Judge Manuel Amaro de Lima, of the 3rd Civil and Work Accidents Court of Amazonas, who increased censorship against articles in the newspaper O Globo about studies under […]
"The headquarters of Editora Três, responsible for publishing the magazine IstoÉ, was the target of criminal attacks this Wednesday night [Oct. 20], days after publishing an edition whose cover compares President Jair Bolsonaro to Adolf Hitler. According to the company, 'political activists' put up posters and graffiti on the walls of the place, causing damage […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP) met with the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo Terrones, to expose the needs of journalists from all over the country. National leaders from Huánuco, San Martín, Amazonas, Loreto, Cajamarca, Tumbes, Piura, Ancash, Puno, Cusco, Junín, Ucayali and Lima held a working meeting with the head of […]
“The Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office has ordered the opening of an investigation against Roberto Deniz, a journalist for investigative site Armando.info. Nicolás Maduro's justice acts after the reporter, the editors and the media outlet itself were subjected to an intense campaign of harassment and bullying in networks of which Chavismo officials, influencers and bots are part […]
“The Federal Chamber confirmed the acquittal of Clarín journalist Daniel Santoro in a case where he was accused of participating in extortion, because a source of his asked a businessman for money in exchange for his name not being published in relation to a case of smuggling. Santoro was accused on similar matters by the […]
"Journalist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, from the digital media outlet Delibera.org, has been detained for more than 100 days, with kidney problems and without adequate medical assistance, awaiting trial in the Combinado del Este Penitentiary center in Havana since June 15, 2021. Despite the fact that his wife requested a habeas corpus appeal on June […]
“Mercedes Fernández Merubia, a journalist for the ERBOL news agency and the Santa Cruz radio station, suffered attacks and was prevented from completing her reporting work on Oct. 1 when she was interviewing one of the two groups of Indigenous people who arrived in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, after holding […]
"This Wednesday [Sept. 28] Nicaraguan authorities prevented Mauricio Madrigal, news director of Channel 10, from leaving the country. He said he was heading to Miami for a work meeting. Madrigal, who went to the public prosecutor on June 29 for a money laundering case for which the NGO Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro is being […]