"The journalistic environment of Santa Cruz, [Argentina], especially its capital Río Gallegos, felt a strong shock today [April 17] after it was reported that journalist Huyo Moyano, recognized for the Contracara program of the station Radio News, received an envelope with two bullets inside as a death threat. The incident was recorded by a security […]
"Among the almost 6,000 ongoing cases in Brazil that deal with freedom of expression, there are 654 actions against journalists that can be characterized as judicial harassment. The information is part of a survey carried out on Brazilian courts by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its acronym in Portuguese), obtained exclusively by […]
"We invite Latin American media to participate in the design of a Framework Protocol on Gender Violence, the date will be between the end of May and the beginning of June 2024 and it will take place virtually. The meeting is part of the Project 'Gender Violence Protocols against Women Journalists in Latin America - […]
“Nine years after the murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, the short film ‘El Último Viaje’ (The final trip) and a special printed edition of Diario La Unión were presented. The shocking almost four-minute short film, made by Grey México and Oriental Films, recounts the last days of Moisés Sánchez's life […]
"Each day, Makenson Rémy wakes in the hush of the night to tell the story of his shattered home town, Port-au-Prince. Each day, he fears he might die. 'I am very worried for the city. I am worried for my family. I am worried for myself too, because at any moment I could go out […]
"The Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation for Occupational Safety and Medicine (Fundacentro, for its acronym in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj) launched this Tuesday (April 9) the national survey on the mental health of journalists. The project has support from the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT). The objective is to identify the impacts […]
“Libertarian influencer Manuel Jorge Gorostiaga, publicly known as Emmanuel Danann, was convicted [by Argentine courts] for systematically harassing journalist Marina Abiuso on social networks. He must carry out 40 hours of community service and participate in a training workshop against gender violence. This is his second conviction: last month he received another for discrimination. It […]
"Jaime Vásquez, a Colombian social leader and journalist, was murdered this Sunday morning [April 14] in [the neighborhood] La Riviera, [in the city of] Cúcuta. Images from security cameras show the moment in which he was attacked by hitmen, with three fatal shots. [...] President Gustavo Petro condemned the murder and asked prosecutor's to carry […]
"Argentine authorities must thoroughly investigate the death threats received by journalist Julio Ernesto López on his father’s cell phone, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday [April 12, 2024]. According to an April 5 post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Association of Argentine Press Companies (ADEPA), a professional association, and a complaint López […]
“This week, the Tenth Specialized Criminal Court of Bogotá continued the public trial hearing against the former director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its acronym in Spanish), José Miguel Narváez, for crimes against humanity perpetrated against Claudia Julieta Duque. During the hearing, the accused rejected his responsibility as the main person implicated […]