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Violence Against Journalists

The journalists risking their lives to cover Haiti’s violent crisis

“Day after day, journalists report on the violence crisis gripping Haiti, playing a dual role as both victims and witnesses on the ground. The Caribbean nation ranks as the country most likely to allow the murder of journalists to go unpunished, according to a 2024 report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In March, […]

Peruvian journalist reports intimidation at home by men in police vests

"Journalist Beto Ortiz reported on Sunday, April 13, that two men wearing police-style vests appeared at his home in Chaclacayo, a district in Peru’s Lima Province and asked the groundskeeper intimidating questions. According to a report aired on Panorama, the Sunday news program of the television network where Ortiz works, the men did not identify […]

Journalist from Veracruz, Mexico, denounces attack on his vehicle with Molotov cocktails

“Journalist Eduardo Segura, of media outlet Jarocho Informativo, reported that last Friday night [April 11] two men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails at his van in the municipality of Tantoyuca [in the Mexican state of Veracruz]. [...] Segura said that his neighbors helped him to put out the fire and that he lamented this […]

Press attacked every 14 hours in Mexico

"Last year, 639 attacks against journalists were recorded, which represents one attack every 14 hours and a 13.9% increase compared to 2023, according to Article 19. In its annual report, 'Information Barriers: Challenges to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information,' the international organization indicated that Mexico is trapped in an information crisis that threatens […]

Grupo Extra journalist threatened by Costa Rican president's supporters following press conference

"Grupo Extra journalist Daniel Suárez received a series of threats on social media after being recorded while covering President Rodrigo Chaves' press conference last Wednesday (April 9) in Atenas [Alajuela province, Costa Rica]. Suárez, who is responsible for covering the Presidency of the Republic, attended the event and had the opportunity to ask the president […]

Journalists prose ‘Mauricio’s Law’ to defend press workers in Michoacán, Mexico

“On Thursday, journalists from the Ni Uno Más Michoacán Collective presented a proposal to the State Congress for reforms to the Penal Code and the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. The initiative aims to classify hate speech against journalists, aggravating factors in crimes committed against journalists in the course of […]

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Guatemala's Nelton Rivera faces cyberattack campaign in response to corruption reporting

Several national and international organizations, as well as journalists and individuals known for their defense of the freedom of expression, have expressed solidarity and condemnation of a systematic campaign of attacks and threats against the journalists of Prensa Comunitaria and cofounder Nelton Rivera. The attacks have primarily occurred on social media and represent an attempt […]

Colombian Attorney General seeks aggravated homicide ruling in 2015 murder of journalist Luis Peralta Cuéllar

"More than a decade after the murder of journalist Luis Peralta Cuéllar, the Colombian Attorney General's Office has asked the Supreme Court to uphold the sentence that found it was an aggravated homicide and not a simple homicide, as it is stipulated. The reasons of the Public Prosecutor's Office are based on the fact that […]

Haitian journalist association condemns abduction of two journalists by armed gangs

"The Association of Haitian Journalists (AJH for its initials in Creole) reported Sunday the disappearance of two journalists in the city of Mirebalais, amid a growing climate of violence by armed gangs operating with impunity in the country. The International Federation of Journalists categorically repudiates the criminal violence against press workers and calls for their […]

Death of Dominican journalist Marcelino Vega remains unpunished 44 years later

"On the 44th anniversary of the murder of journalist Marcelino Vega, who was killed while covering a protest by Santo Domingo city hall employees, on April 7, 1981, news organizations condemn the indifference to crimes against the press that have gone unpunished. The Dominican College of Journalists (CDP for its initials in Spanish) and the […]

Venezuelan journalist José Gregorio Camero's health declines after 8 months of detention, wife says

“The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP for its initials in Spanish) requested the release and medical attention for journalist José Gregorio Camero, detained eight months ago in the central state of Guárico. The organization reported that Camero's wife, Egda Graterol, has reported his health is deteriorating every day, as the journalist and political activist suffers from […]

State security agent assaults TV Perú reporter during live coverage of environment minister

“TV Perú reporter Jackeline Rodríguez said on Tuesday that she was assaulted by a state security officer while conducting a live broadcast at an official event headed by Environment Minister Juan Castro in Ucayali. According to footage shared on her TikTok platform, Rodríguez was about to finish her coverage when she was shoved by one […]