“Mexican reporter Roxana Ramírez had been working in the southern part of the state of Veracruz for about six months, during which she launched the digital outlet “Impulso,” according to local journalists. Police sources said the events occurred at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the town of Nanchital, an area considered highly dangerous for practicing […]
“The Latin American fact-checking network LatamChequea expressed particular concern over attacks, harassment and digital violence targeting fact-checkers from Ecuador Chequea and Lupa Media, both members of LatamChequea, amid a broader context of restrictions on press freedom in Ecuador. […] The digital attacks targeting independent fact-checkers in recent weeks are another sign of the climate of […]
"On May 24 of this year, Juan Manuel Partida Valdez—president of the Association of Journalists of Sinaloa and author of the column 'Altoparlante' —received death threats directed at his family, as well as stigmatizing comments from anonymous profiles on the social media platform Facebook. These events occurred after he published a post regarding alleged acts […]
The Honduran National Commissioner for Human Rights (Conadeh) said Sunday (May 24) that it has received 154 complaints from journalists at risk or victims of internal forced displacement due to violence from 2016 to March 2026, and called on the government to adopt effective measures to protect them. Marking Honduran Journalists’ Day, observed on May […]
"Eduardo Bolsonaro published a video on his social media accounts stating that he had called the police because a journalist came to his home in Texas, mentioning that in the U.S. state, 'many people have guns in their homes.' Influencer Paulo Figueiredo, who resides in the U.S. state of Florida, used the case reported by […]
"Journalist Jocelyn Justin, who survived a violent armed attack […] in downtown Port-au-Prince on Dec. 24, 2024, has spent more than a year receiving medical treatment in Cuba. After suffering severe jaw injuries when he was struck in the face by a projectile, Justin underwent multiple surgeries as part of a lengthy recovery process. He […]
"Peruvian journalist Geraldine Santos is only 30 years old, and she is already preparing for her funeral. Santos says she has received so many threats while reporting on cocaine trafficking and environmental crimes in the Amazon jungle that she has arranged for her family to contact a government source who, in case Santos is murdered, […]
"The Supreme Federal Court decided this Friday, May 15, not to examine the merits of a lawsuit questioning the production of reports monitoring the social media accounts of lawmakers and journalists during the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The lawsuit was filed in November 2020, when André Mendonça served as Minister of Justice under […]
"Sports journalist Fernando Vargas was the victim of a robbery while conducting a live broadcast for the program Activo Deportes in Cuernavaca, Morelos; an armed man approached him while he was parked inside his vehicle and, under threat, demanded that he hand over his belongings—all while the camera continued to record the entire incident. The […]
"The Observatory on the Right to Communication (ODC, for its Spanish initials) presented the results of its monitoring system regarding attacks against the press for the 2022–2025 period, identifying an increase in the number of incidents and a diversification in the forms of violence directed at journalists and media outlets in Chile. The report documented […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mexican authorities to immediately and credibly investigate possible malware and digital surveillance attacks against Mexican journalist Maria Teresa Montaño Delgado and The ObserverMX, and take appropriate steps to guarantee her safety. Montaño, a 2023 recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award (IPFA), told CPJ on May 18 she believes […]
Mateo Pérez published a community newspaper in a small town in Colombia’s Antioquia region, documenting the toll that armed groups were taking on young people there. Now, his family is searching for answers about his final hours alive. And mysterious activity on his phone after his death has underscored the dangers faced by journalists reporting […]