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Association of Journalists of El Salvador denounces arbitrary detention of journalist before UN rapporteur

“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its initials in Spanish) denounced before the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders of the United Nations (UN) the arbitrary detention of community journalist Víctor Barahona, who's been held for more than 11 months in the context of a regime of exception, in […]

Police raid home of Salvadoran journalists and seize work equipment

"On Thursday, Dec. 5, the team of legal representatives of the Legal First Aid Clinic (CPAJ, for its initials in Spanish) of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES), approached the Attorney General's Office (FGR) to verify the legal process against journalist Mónica Rodríguez and Steve Magaña, who were victims of an irregular raid […]

Latin American organizations report obstacles to press freedom to IACHR

"A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations on the Right to Freedom of Expression […]

Colombia: Murder of journalist and social leader Wilder Córdoba remains unpunished

“Nov. 28, 2024 marked the second anniversary of the murder of journalist Wilder Alfredo Córdoba, who was shot and killed at the age of 35 in the municipality of La Unión, in the department of Nariño, Colombia. His death, perpetrated by armed men who intercepted him while he was riding a motorcycle, remains an unpunished […]

RSF and partners publish report on restrictions on press freedom and media suffocation during elections in Venezuela

"In the face of the growing crackdown on press freedom sparked by Venezuela’s presidential election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and seven partner organisations have joined forces to expose the harrowing obstacles currently facing the Venezuelan press. Their report found over 228 violations of press freedom, and at least eight journalists remain arbitrarily imprisoned. RSF urges […]

Argentina President Javier Milei calls journalists 'microphone criminals' and warned: 'Their privilege is over'

"Shortly before receiving the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, at the Casa Rosada, [Argentina President] Javier Milei once again criticized journalists through a long post on social media, where he highlighted the role of technology in putting an end to what he called a 'monopoly of the word.' He did so through a lengthy […]

Journalist arrested in Nicaragua after reporting on price hikes

“The Nicaraguan government detained a journalist after he reported on a television channel about increases in food prices, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) denounced this Thursday [Nov. 14]. 'The Nicaraguan government must immediately release Canal 23 journalist Elsbeth D'Anda, who was arrested on October 27 after reporting on the increasing cost of basic food […]

Guatemalan court revokes house arrest of journalist José Rubén Zamora

“Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora made a statement Friday, Nov. 15, on the decision of an Appeals Court that revoked his substitute measures of house arrest and ordered him to return to prison within 48 hours, a decision that he questioned because, in his opinion, the arguments used to revoke the previous measures are not […]

Journalists who reported abuses by Sodalicio in Peru denounce judicial persecution for investigations of the Church

"Peruvian journalists Paola Ugaz and Pedro Salinas, who investigated sexual abuse in the Church, denounced this Friday [Nov. 8] at a press conference in Lima that they have been persecuted – through media and the courts – since 2018 by the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, the ultraconservative religious organization in Peru that in recent years […]

Peru judge orders IDL-Reporteros to turn over audio recordings in corruption case

“In an Oct. 25 resolution, Peru Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered the Attorney General’s office to compel [investigative news website] IDL-Reporteros to turn over audio recordings that were part of its 2018 investigation into judicial corruption and to interrogate [Gustavo] Gorriti, its editor in chief. ‘It is appalling that the Peruvian judicial system […]

Journalist mistakenly arrested in Argentina; Security minister celebrates the capture

“Last Sunday [Nov. 3], sports journalist Marco Antonio Centurión was detained by mistake at the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, in the city of Rosario [Argentina], after local police [mis]identified him as the leader of a gang that distributed child pornography. A few minutes after the incident, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, proudly published news […]

Guatemalan Association of Journalists denounces intimidation of journalist asked by police for sensitive information

“The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement in which it demands 'that the intimidations by the Specialized Division of Criminal Investigation (Deic) against journalist Diego España cease, since two agents of this police agency arrived at the newsroom of the newspaper La Hora to request sensitive information from […]