"Peruvian journalist Gastón Medina, owner and director of local media outlet Cadena Sur TV, was murdered outside his home in the city of Ica (southern Peru), after having previously denounced extortionists, as reported by the National Association of Journalists (ANP, for its initials in Spanish) on Monday [Jan. 20]. [...] It added that, according to […]
"Diomedes Farid Manrique, an announcer for Olímpica Stereo and Fontera Estéreo, lost his life in a confusing incident. According to initial reports, two men on a motorcycle shot the journalist and one of his friends. The incident occurred in Villa del Sol, Maicao, at the intersection of Calle 32 and Carrera 26, at approximately 7:15 […]
"The deputy director of Global Mexico, Cayetano de Jesús Guerrero, was killed on Friday [Jan. 17] night by armed men while he was in the parking lot of the San Antonio parish, in the center of Teoloyucan, State of Mexico. Following the events, ARTICLE 19 reported that the journalist had received threats at his home […]
"The head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Michoacán [in Mexico], Adrián López Solís, announced that a second person implicated in the murder of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís, which occurred on Oct. 29, 2024, has been identified. In a press conference held at Casa Michoacán, the prosecutor said that investigations are continuing […]
“At least 283 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua since the beginning of repression in 2018, undertaken by the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. In 2024, 81 violations of press freedom were recorded, according to a report published Monday [Jan. 13] from the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for […]
“On Jan. 13, Mabel Calderín, wife of Espacio Público director Carlos Correa, who was arrested on Jan. 7, went to the national headquarters of Venezuela's Ombudsman Office, in the center of Caracas, to demand that the head of that office, Alfredo Ruiz, act in the face of what Calderín and spokespersons of human rights organizations […]
"Indigenous communications groups from the municipality of Toribío, Cauca, denounced the threats received by Manuel Jilicué, a member of the Nasa Estéreo radio station. Through a press release, journalists from this northern part of the department expressed concern about the intimidating messages that the communicator received through social networks. [...] 'We seek to protect the […]
"Witnesses said that about five alleged hooded officers, without identification, forced Carlos [Correa] to get into a brown van, without license plates, on Bolívar Avenue, near the Palace of Justice [, on Jan. 8, 2025]. The legal team of [freedom of expression organization Espacio Público] went to the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service in […]
“Members of the journalist collective NiUnoMás in Michoacán, Mexico, demanded authorities hand over to the family of journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís all the information available on his murder. Given the lack of information from the State Attorney General's Office, the collective said in a statement that, two months since the murder of Cruz Solis in […]
"The SSP-SP (São Paulo Public Security Secretariat) reported this Thursday (Jan 2, 2025) that civil police officer Arcenio Scribone Junior, who spoke of 'annihilating' GloboNews journalist Natuza Nery, was removed from operational activities. The case, investigated by the Internal Affairs Division of the Civil Police of São Paulo, took place in a supermarket in the […]
"Two reporters were killed and several were wounded Tuesday [Dec. 24, 2024] in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital, the country's online media association said. A police officer was also killed in the attack. Street gangs forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year and authorities […]
"Independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada recently left Cuba after facing years of harassment, surveillance and threats by the island's authorities. 'I left under extreme conditions. State Security forced me to leave Cuba,' the reporter told Martí Noticias." Read original article (in Spanish)