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Violence Against Journalists

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Nine journalists left Ecuador in 2023 due to death threats

"At least nine journalists have left Ecuador since April due to death threats from organized crime and at least six remain in exile so far, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) recalled in a preliminary report. Three other journalists were relocated within the country after being intimidated, according to the Andean Foundation for the Observation […]

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Brazilian government launches action plan to implement IACHR measures in case of Dom Phillips murder

"In compliance with precautionary measure 449/22, issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in July of this year, the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship [of Brazil] will hold a high-level meeting next Monday (Dec. 11), in Brasilia, with the presence of the international body, to present the action plan with the aim […]

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Death threats against Brazilian journalist revealed during police operation against smuggling

"An operation by the Federal Police [of Brazil] carried out this Tuesday (Dec. 5) and focused on combating grain smuggling on the border between Rio Grande do Sul and Argentina, resulted in the arrest of two suspects who planned to murder RBS reporter Giovani Grizotti TV. Interceptions of messages between those investigated revealed details of […]

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Six journalists attacked during coverage of Colombian soccer match

The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its Spanish acronym) of Colombia denounced the attack of at least six journalists who were covering a soccer match between Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Independiente Medellín, on Sunday, Dec. 3. Journalists from Win Sports, Teleantioquia and ESPN were victims of insults, blows, harassment and damage to their journalistic […]

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Propuesta Cívica launches 'Stories that survive' campaign on murdered journalists in Mexico

"The organization Propuesta Cívica launched the campaign #HistoriasQueSobreviven [Stories that survive]. This initiative includes three short films that narrate the investigations of murdered journalists. The goal of the campaign is to put the spotlight on the motive behind the disappearance and murder of journalists in Mexico: to silence the voices of journalists who seek to […]

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Venezuela: Journalist detained while reporting on elections

"While covering the consultative referendum [in Venezuela], journalist Eduardo Viloria, of Diario de los Andes, was detained by members of the military of the Plan Republica [military deployment carried out during all electoral processes in Venezuela], who prevented him from doing his job. He was taken to the command of the National Bolivarian Police (PNB, […]

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Five journalists shot, one assaulted in Mexico in one week

Six journalists in three different Mexican states were attacked in less than a week. On Nov. 28, four reporters were shot and wounded in the state of Guerrero, and another was shot and wounded in the state of Michoacán. The latter remains in the hospital and police are guarding him. Also on Nov. 28, Expansión, […]

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Court acquits men accused of killing journalist Pedro Flores in Peru in 2011

"The First National Transitory Superior Criminal Court Specialized in Organized Crime [of Peru], presided over by Perú Valentín Jiménez La Rosa, resolved to acquit the defendants in the death of journalist Pedro Flores Silva, a crime that occurred in September 2011. The acquitted are Marco Rivero Huertas, Antonio Azalde Lluen, Miguel Becerra Pérez, Bladimir Castillo […]

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Mexico: Journalists protest after attack on colleagues in Chilpancingo

"Some 40 journalists from the port of Acapulco [Mexico] held a protest this Wednesday [Nov. 29] and joined the call for justice previously made by reporters from the city of Chilpancingo, capital of the state of Guerrero, after the armed attack against four of their colleagues, which took place on Tuesday [Nov. 28]. In Chilpancingo, […]

‘I’ll be killed if they find me’: Radio reporter Maxo Dorvil flees Haiti amid gang violence

“Haitian radio journalist Maxo Dorvil fled the country on November 7, 2023, after reporting that he was shot at twice in less than two weeks near his home on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince. The 44-year-old journalist with the independent broadcaster Radio Télé Zip said he was shot at by two armed men on […]

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Peru: Journalist and his family receive death threats

"On Nov. 26, while a story was being broadcast on the show Punto Final on Latina TV, a journalist of the Peruvian channel's team was threatened with death via Whatsapp messages. The story uncovered a mafia dedicated to hacking the database of the Ministry of Education to create false certificates of high school completion. The […]

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Police and soldiers criminally denounced for detaining journalist in El Salvador

"On Nov. 20, the Association of Journalists of El Salvador accompanied the filing of a criminal complaint against some 30 police officers, soldiers and prison guards for the illegal detention of a journalist in 2022, when she was covering the construction of a mega-prison for gang members. The complaint filed before the Attorney General's Office […]