“Journalist Raúl Celis López, a well-known radio host in Iquitos, Peru, was shot and killed this morning (May 7) by suspected hitmen as he arrived riding in a motorcycle taxi to his workplace in downtown Iquitos. The murder occurred shortly after Celis López stopped to buy a newspaper. As the motorcycle taxi continued toward the […]
"A Unitel press team yesterday was assaulted, held and robbed while covering the conflict in Cotapachi over the treatment of garbage from the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. The journalist Paola Cadima reported that she was in the area of Mirador Colcapirhua covering the confrontations between two groups one that opposes the entry of […]
"The office of the president in Guatemala said in a statement on Monday [May 5] that it regrets journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín remains imprisoned at the disposition of the country's Public Prosecutor's Office, whose authority is sanctioned by the United States and the European Union under accusations of corruption. 'All Guatemala is witness of […]
"[In the Dominican Republic,] the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP, for its initials in Spanish), the Association of Photojournalists, and the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) alerted the country's top authorities and Dominican society this Thursday about a series of dismissals, mistreatment, threats, restrictions, and attacks against journalists and other media workers. Press unions […]
"Judge Guadalupe Patricia Juárez Hernández ruled that Ricardo E. C. and Ricardo G. R. are criminally responsible for the aggravated homicide of Heber Fernando López Vásquez, a journalist murdered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. According to the journalist's family and colleagues, the final hearing in the legal proceedings against the two people accused of […]
“The Attorney General's Office reported this Wednesday [April 30] that someone was linked to the case for the murder of journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera in 2021. Authorities have identified the alleged perpetrator as Esteban 'C,' and he faces charges of attempted murder. The Attorney General's Office explained that it took on the case because the […]
“The health condition of Zoila Pérez, mother of Cuban political prisoner José Gabriel Barrenechea, is rapidly worsening as prison authorities deny the dissident journalist and professor the possibility of saying goodbye to her in her last days. Despite the seriousness of her condition and the explicit request of Zoila herself in a video broadcast on […]
"Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya announced Monday that she is giving up hope for justice for the kidnapping and rape she was the victim of in 2000 by paramilitaries in a Bogota prison because there is no progress in the case, which she said is heading towards impunity. 'My aspiration for justice has died,' Bedoya said […]
"An incident between the security team of Dominican Vice President Raquel Peña and members of the press led to tense moments this Friday [April 25], during the graduation ceremony of 3,048 new National Police officers, held at the Carlos -Teo-Cruz Boxing Coliseum [in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]. The altercation occurred when a journalist tried to […]
"On April 26, journalists, association members and human rights activists participated in a ceremony to commemorate the Day of the Paraguayan Journalist and to pay homage to the monolith of journalist Santiago Leguizamón, on the 34th anniversary of his murder. The secretary general of the Association of Journalists of Paraguay, Santiago Ortiz, urged the National […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalist is appalled that a Haitian gang has taken over a local radio station, renamed it Radio Taliban FM, and is using it to broadcast propaganda on the troubled Caribbean island. 'We are critically concerned that the chaos in Haiti makes it nearly impossible for anyone — journalists included — to safely go about their […]
Journalist Pablo Raphael Rua, from the Coluna do Fla website, claimed to have received threats from Vasco da Gama president Pedrinho during and after the classic match between soccer teams Flamengo and Vasco, held last Saturday (April 19), at Maracanã Stadium. The episode generated strong repercussions and led the Association of Sports Writers of the […]