The Costa Rican Association of Journalists (Colper) has filed an appeal denouncing attacks by the country’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, against journalists, urging the court to reaffirm the protection of press freedom and the right to information. Colper announced this Wednesday that the appeal was submitted on September 13, and the Constitutional Court accepted it for […]
“'The Paraguayan Journalists Union (SPP, for its acronym in Spanish) strongly repudiates the use of private data of journalists by sectors linked to the ruling party, in order to disqualify and intimidate them,' the organization said in a statement issued this Tuesday [Sept. 17 ]. In particular, it referred to the 'leak of information obtained […]
“Media owners have complained of increased criminal cyber activities and have hinted at the possibility of approaching the Suriname government for assistance to formally bring the issues to the attention of the owners of Facebook and its parent company, Meta. ‘Since Surinamese people have a predominantly "Facebook culture" and FB is an important platform to […]
“Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission, an agency controlled by President Nicolás Maduro's government, ordered the closure of the radio station Victoria 103.9 FM of La Victoria, in Aragua state, alleging that it's authorization to broadcast had expired. [...] 'It was learned that the station had made a request for renewal of the concession, but did not […]
“Reporter Jesús Medina Ezaine left Venezuela this Sunday, Sept. 15, alleging that the measure of complete freedom he received after a six-year trial will be revoked. Medina Ezaine recorded a video from Colombia, on the border with our country, in which he accuses Judge Shirley Páez; Attorney General Tarek William Saab and Minister of Interior […]
"Under threat of arrest, sports journalist Jaime Vega was ordered by a judge to appear as a witness in a defamation case. The National Press Association (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish), which represents Bolivian newspapers, warned that the legal concept does not apply because the communicator enjoys exceptional measures and is protected by the […]
“On Sept. 9, 2024, during a press conference, [President] Dina Boluarte's spokesperson, Fredy Hinojosa, asked the public prosecutor's office to investigate journalistic publications about popular protests against her. Hinojosa described as false the live broadcasts that allegedly show attacks on the president, which he considered an invitation to violence. He alluded to protests against Boluarte […]
“President Gustavo Petro has signed today [Sept. 9] a directive that seeks to promote good practices and ethical conduct that align with the social and democratic responsibilities linked to the guarantee of freedom of expression and of the press. At the initiative of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on […]
“International Journalists' Day is celebrated this Sept. 8, in honor of the Czech-Slovak journalist and writer Julius Fucik, author of the emblematic Report at the Foot of the Gallows who was arrested and executed in Berlin by the Gestapo in 1943, in Nazi Germany dominated by Adolf Hitler. Eight decades later, in Guatemala, journalist José […]
The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its acronym in Portuguese) and the Voces del Sur network (VDS) launched the report “Sombra 2023: A imprensa latino-americana sob ataque: Violência, impunidade e exílio” (The Latin American press under attack: violence, impunity and exile), which highlights the worrying situation of threats to press freedom in the […]
"Editor’s note: This alert has been updated to remove previous mentions of journalist Fabiola Tercero, whose whereabouts are still unknown after police raided her home on July 12, 2014, according to news reports. Nicaraguan authorities deported 135 political prisoners to Guatemala on Thursday, Sept. 5, including journalist Víctor Ticay. [...] Authorities arrested Ticay, a reporter for privately owned TV broadcaster Canal 10, […]
“In seeking to convey and expose the difficulties and problems facing community journalism in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, various social organizations from affected countries and the region requested to have a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in November of this year. The requesting entities, including the World Association of […]