"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 […]
“On Monday, Jan. 20, journalist Gastón Medina was shot and killed outside a house in the San Isidro neighborhood of Ica, [Peru]. Sadly, more than three months after the crime, the radio host's family is still waiting for justice, as the investigation has yet to shed any light on those responsible for this crime. Ornella […]
"With the families of reporter Julio Daniel Chaparro Hurtado and photographer Jorge Enrique Torres Navas present, a Friendly Settlement Agreement will be signed today [April 23] in Bogotá to offer reparations for their 1991 killings. The event will include representatives from the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), Colombia’s National […]
"The trial for the 1982 murder of four Dutch journalists—Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Joop Willemsen, and Hans ter Laag—scheduled for April 23 has been suspended following a request by the attorney for Col. Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, who informed the court that her client was undergoing surgery and would be unable to attend. The judge […]
"The brothers of two of four Dutch journalists murdered by the army of El Salvador in 1982 demanded justice on Tuesday [April 22], on the eve of the final phase of the trial against three former military chiefs. Cornelius Kuiper Joop, Koos Jacobus Andries Koster, Hans Lodewijk ter Laag and Jan Willemsen were killed in […]
“Independent Cuban journalist Carlos Michael Morales, was summoned again this Monday [April 21] by the Municipal Court of Caibarién [central Cuba], along with his employer, in the midst of a campaign to harass him deployed by State Security. Morales was sentenced in May 2024 to 8 months imprisonment for the crime of 'disobedience', a sanction […]
"Roberto Navarro, director of the Argentine outlet El Destape, was the victim of a violent attack in the street this Monday [April 21], while he was walking through downtown Buenos Aires. Navarro was attacked from behind while he was arguing with a person and, as a result of the blow, he sustained a hematoma to […]
The Colombian tabloid "Q'Hubo Medellín reported on its social media accounts threats against its team of journalists after covering the murder of Sara Millerey González, an event that occurred on April 6 in the town of Bello, neighboring the city of Medellín. 'The calm in our newsroom was shattered after publishing a video of this […]
“Independent journalist Miguel Ángel Anaya Castillo, director of the news page Pánuco OnLine, was reported missing on Saturday [April 19]. The State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP) in Veracruz, Mexico, confirmed that the appropriate protocols to locate him have been activated. [...] The CEAPP reported Anaya Castillo's disappearance and said that […]
"Argentine president Javier Milei once again attacked the journalism of Argentina that is critical of his government, after calling press workers ‘hired killers with credentials of so-called journalists’ and saying that ‘people do not hate them enough.’ 'I had believed that a large part of journalism had reached its peak as lying trash in covering […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by the arrest and prolonged pre-trail detention of Cuban freelance reporters Yadiel Hernández and José Gabriel Barrenechea, who both write for the online newspaper 14ymedio, and calls on Cuban authorities to release them immediately. [...] Hernández, 33, was arrested Jan. 24 while reporting on drug trafficking in […]