"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) considered that the judicial harassment against the investigative journalist Dayanna Monroy in Ecuador is 'an act of intimidation that undermines press freedom.' The entity requested protection measures for the reporter of Teleamazonas channel 'in the face of the threats received' and that the facts 'be investigated and concrete measures […]
"La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) consideró que el acoso judicial de la que es víctima la periodista investigativa Dayanna Monroy es 'un acto de intimidación que socava la libertad de prensa'. La entidad solicitó medidas de protección para la periodista, del canal Teleamazonas, de Ecuador, 'ante las amenazas recibidas' y que 'se investigue y […]
“The non-governmental Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh, for its acronym in Spanish) denounced this Saturday [Jan. 30] the destruction of a headquarters of the digital media outlet Confidencial, critical of the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, in the context of the socio-political crisis that the Central American country has experienced since 2018. 'Knowing that […]
"On Jan. 27, starting at around 3:30 p.m. internet access was shut down on the island for approximately two hours, according to news reports and several local journalists posting on Twitter. To get around the shutdown, journalists use VPNs, according to one local reporter who spoke to CPJ via messaging app on the condition of anonymity, citing security concerns. The shutdown […]
"Independent CubaNet journalist Camila Acosta was detained by the Cuban political police on Wednesday morning [Jan. 27], in Havana, while she was broadcasting live via Facebook. Acosta was preparing to participate in a congregation called by the 27N, 'two months after the historical events,' in a place in the capital that the members have not […]
“On Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, the Attorney General's Office delivered to Minister Cármen Lúcia, of the Supreme Federal Court, a report on the open procedure for investigating news that federal agencies were acting to help the defense of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. In the document sent to the Supreme Court, Augusto Aras included the request made […]
"Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro [son of the country's president] was sentenced, on Wednesday (Jan. 21, 2021), to compensate journalist Patricia Campos Mello, of newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. The decision was handed down by judge Luiz Gustavo Esteves, of the 11th Civil Court of the TJ-SP (Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo). The damages […]
"On Jan. 13, the municipality of Quilmes, a city in Buenos Aires province, filed a criminal complaint to a federal court over [Roberto] Carrigall’s reporting on the municipal government’s alleged mishandling of the coronavirus vaccine, according to news reports, the journalist, who spoke with CPJ via messaging app, and a report by the Forum of […]
"Journalists were victims of 234 acts of repression, 80 more than the year before. [...] The maneuvers of the Political Police against independent journalists were carried out in ten provinces and included different types of attacks: arrests, interrogations, house raids, application of Decree 370, physical aggression, threats of different characteristics, defamation in official media, evictions, […]
“Journalist Carmen Olsen was acquitted of the prison sentence against her for the crime of 'outrages against authority,' which is an achievement for freedom of expression and a setback to the use of this type of penalty to criminalize journalism. The journalist was notified of the resolution determined by the Fourth Criminal Chamber in Mexicali, […]
"A police raid on a media house in March last year has been deemed unconstitutional by the court. Justice Frank Seepersad held on Wednesday that the two search warrants obtained by the police for the Trinidad Express newspaper in search of information which could lead them to a journalist’s source were “plainly irregular”, unlawful, and […]
"Repórter Brasil has been the target of a series of attacks in the last few days that managed to take its website (reporterbrasil.org.br) offline. Attackers threaten to continue criminal action if reports are not deleted." Read original article (in Portuguese)