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Nicaragua denies entry to New York Times journalist amid escalating crisis

"A New York Times journalist was denied entry into Nicaragua on Thursday amid a nationwide crackdown against the media and civil society in the Central American nation. Anatoly Kurmanaev, who recently joined the Times’s Mexico City bureau after years covering Venezuela, had his ticket to Managua canceled by the airline he was traveling on hours […]

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Police officer in Rio de Janeiro summons journalist from The Intercept Brasil

“The Rio Civil Police delegate, Pablo Dacosta Sartori, summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the reason for the summons was the May 8 newsletter published by the site with accusations against civil police in Rio de Janeiro. In the […]

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Nicaraguan Government tries to turn the 'practice of journalism into a crime,' says editor of La Prensa

“The editor of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, Fabián Medina, denounced that the regime of President Daniel Ortega tries to make the practice of journalism a crime in the country, after leaving an interview in the prosecutor's office to which he was summoned this Thursday [June 10]. 'The prosecutor who interviewed me insisted a lot […]

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Guatemalan police raid house of editor of elPeriódico

"Through an order signed by Judge Geisler Smaille Pérez Domínguez, an armed group from the National Civil Police (PNC, for its acronym in Spanish) and personnel from the public prosecutor's office entered the home of Juan José Corado, sports editor of elPeriódico, this Wednesday [June 9] at 6:00 a.m. to carry out a search. [...] […]

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In Peru, América TV fires journalists who denounced censorship

"In the absence of a few minutes for the closing of the vote count for the second round [of presidential elections], and after a group of journalists denounced censorship by the news director of América TV and Canal N to report against Pedro Castillo, the executives of the television houses separated [a number of] communicators […]

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Police officer from Rio de Janeiro summons journalist from Intercept Brasil

"The Rio Civil Police Deputy Pablo Dacosta Sartori summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the motivation for the subpoena was the May 8 newsletter published by the website, with accusations against civil police officers in Rio de Janeiro. In […]

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More than 1,500 journalists have been killed by COVID, with India and Brazil at the top of the list

"The Press Emblem Campaign announced this Monday (June 7) in Geneva that the number of journalists killed by COVID-19 surpassed the 1,500 mark worldwide, reaching 1,503. The month of May was the deadliest for the media since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 200 losses, an average of seven per day. The countries […]

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FOPEA publishes research on news deserts in Argentina

"On the Day of the Journalist, we published the Map of News Deserts of Argentina, an investigation by FOPEA, with the support of [Google Argentina]. We toured the entire country, town by town, to reveal the uneven distribution of journalism. For 6 months, a team of more than 20 journalists worked to ascertain where there […]

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Criminal complaints filed against journalists in Guatemala after publication on public interest case

“Journalists Marvin del Cid and Sonny Figueroa were denounced on May 21 by María Luisa Morales Gatica de Martínez and Claudia Ivonne Martinez Morales de Girón because of a journalistic investigation into the luxury properties that relatives of the former director of the Center of Government, Luis Miguel Martínez Morales, occupied during his tenure and […]

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Venezuelan journalist Martí Hurtado and his wife released after temporary arrest

"Venezuelan journalist Martí Hurtado and his wife, Nelly Pulgar, were released on Saturday night (May 29), after they were arrested on Friday and detained at a police headquarters in the city of Coro, as reported by the National Union of Press Workers of Venezuela (SNTP, for its acronym in Spanish). […] The couple 'were accused […]

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains Honduran journalist fleeing violence

"The freedom of expression organization of Honduras C-Libre reported that journalist and human rights activist Thirzia Galeas was detained at the Atlanta airport while requesting political asylum. Sunday [May] 23, Galeas entered the country with her tourist visa and asked for asylum upon arrival due to the persecution suffered by her organization. Her family and […]

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IAPA says it's 'positive' that Ecuadoran president wants to repeal current 'gag law'

"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) called it 'positive,' that the new president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, sent to the National Assembly a project that seeks to repeal the Communication Law of 2013, considered a 'gag law.' 'We are confident that, from now on, the new government will eliminate the legal mechanisms created to silence the […]