"Tele Saltillo reporter Jerson Cardozo was assaulted the morning of Friday, April 17, during a live broadcast he was conducting to report on a car rollover in [the city of Saltillo, in the Mexican state of Coahuila]. Videos show that […] companions of the driver physically attacked and chased the journalist. The footage also shows […]
The Central American Journalists Network (RCP, for its initials in Spanish) issued an alert over threats, acts of intimidation and attacks against journalists Carlos Girón and Marcelo Osorto of Honduran news outlet ICN Investiga. The organization said the incidents reflect a pattern of violence against investigative journalism in the country. According to the RCP, Girón […]
"Band Minas reporter Alice Ribeiro, who was involved in a serious car accident in Sabará—in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area—died on Thursday night (April 16) at the age of 35. She was rescued following the incident but subsequently fell into a coma and was declared brain dead—a condition characterized by the irreversible loss of brain […]
"At four o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, more than forty journalists walked out of the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C., carrying boxes containing their belongings. They had worked for years, accredited at the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. This was the reaction to the revocation of credentials for […]
"Last Friday, April 10, journalist Gabriel Jesús Chan Uicab was physically assaulted and kept from reporting by two officers from the Yucatán Public Security Secretariat in Dzununcán, Mérida. Chan, a reporter for Diario de Yucatán, had gone to cover a car accident at the kilometer 6 overpass of Mérida’s peripheral road. The incident allegedly involved […]
"At least 10 journalists and press workers were assaulted while covering the march on April 9 in Caracas, according to a statement released by the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish initials). The organization warned that these incidents occurred while the media professionals were covering the mobilization, which was convened to demand […]
"Sandinista lawyer and tourism entrepreneur from León, David Enmanuel Molina Lugo, publicly threatened to initiate criminal proceedings against Bismark Lebron, an exiled journalist from that city. The anger of the lawyer—who openly declares himself a friend of high-ranking officials within the Sandinista Police—stems from the fact that, over the weekend, the journalist reported his arrest […]
"In a symbolic gesture on Journalists' Day, Ministers Wellington César Lima e Silva (Justice and Public Security) and Sidônio Palmeira (Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic) participated this Tuesday [April 7] in the signing ceremony for the National Protocol for the Investigation of Crimes Against Journalists and Communicators. Developed within the […]
"Journalist David Anaya Campana, known for covering [Colombian soccer team] América de Cali, was assaulted at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá. The incident occurred Saturday, April 4, while he was in transit to the city of Cúcuta. The attacker identified himself as a member of Deportivo Cali’s fan groups. In a video he recorded […]
On March 30, 2026, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 21/2026, through which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Jorge Bello Domínguez, Marta Domínguez Galero, Yuleydi López González, and Yésica Bello, having determined that they are in a situation of gravity and urgency, given that their rights to life, personal integrity […]
“As a pool of resources aimed at preventing, protecting and assisting journalists who are victims of gender-based violence, the ‘No Es Hora de Callar’ Fund was created. At an event held Monday, March 30 — attended by El Tiempo’s gender editor and founder of No Es Hora de Callar, Jineth Bedoya Lima; Minister of Equality […]
Colombia’s Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, by its acronym in Spanish) rejected the death threats reported by journalist Gonzalo Guillén and warned they represent an attack on press freedom. Guillén said on social media on March 26 that he had received information about an alleged plan to kill him, allegedly coordinated from a prison in […]