Haiti tops the 2024 Global Impunity Index, published annually by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The index measures unsolved journalist murders relative to a country’s population. In addition to Haiti, which appears on the index for the second time, Mexico and Brazil are also on the 2024 list, respectively ranking eighth and eleventh. According […]
“The murderer of Francisca Sandoval, the first Chilean journalist murdered since the return to democracy in 1990, was sentenced Monday [Oct. 28] to 24 years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime, the Chilean Judiciary reported. 'The Fourth Oral Criminal Court of Santiago sentenced Marcelo Naranjo Naranjo to 15 years in prison for the […]
"Caleth Jesús Gutiérrez, son of journalist Jesús Gutiérrez, who was murdered in 2023, reported that his three siblings were assaulted by members of the army who barged into their home in Sonora in northern Mexico. In an interview with Azucena Uresti, Caleth said he will file a complaint over the violent intrusion. The assault occurred […]
"Nelin Escalante, a veteran journalist in Venezuela, has not been heard from since Friday [Oct. 25], Venezuelan press advocates said on Sunday, alleging he had been detained by government authorities in the country's capital. […] Venezuela's National College of Journalists (CNP, by its Spanish acronym) said in a post on social media that Escalante had […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB) denounced this afternoon the actions of alleged blockaders linked to former president Evo Morales who, reportedly armed with firearms, forced journalists to lie on the ground in the Bulo Bulo area of the tropics of Cochabamba. The incident happened Tuesday morning [October 22], when journalists were reporting […]
"Media unions [in the Dominican Republic] protested [in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros] to claim respect for freedom of expression and to demand sanctions against police agents for the aggression of several journalists and photojournalists. The heads of the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP, for its initials in Spanish), the National Union of […]
“A courier for the newspaper El Debate, in Culiacán [Mexico], was kidnapped in the morning [of Oct. 19] as he was on his way home. This occurred one day after the governor of [the state of] Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, promised to guarantee security for the workers of that publishing house after the shooting attack […]
"The facilities of the newspaper El Debate in Culiacán, Sinaloa, were shot at. The publication said the following: 'A few minutes before 11:00 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 17, the façade of this editorial house was the target of a shooting attack by armed individuals who traveled in at least two vehicles, but we do not […]
"The report on violations of press freedom in Nicaragua, corresponding to the months of July, August and September 2024, prepared by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED, for its initials in Spanish), reveals that in this quarter, around 15 journalists were forced into exile due to censorship and harassment in the country. […]
"Today [Oct. 16], the Fourth Oral Criminal Trial Court of Santiago convicted Marcelo Enrique Naranjo Naranjo, as the author of the crimes of simple homicide, illegal possession of a firearm and unjustified shooting on public roads, crimes perpetrated on May 1, 2022, in the center of Santiago and that cost the life of the reporter […]
“The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned 'verbal attacks' from the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, after he held journalists Azucena Uresti and Luis Chaparro responsible for what may happen to him. This follows reports that have emerged about the wave of violence affecting Culiacán and about discoveries and possible links to organized crime. […]
"On July 4, 2024, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, or IACHR, filed Case 14.746 against Nicaragua with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The case concerns the extrajudicial execution of journalist Ángel Eduardo Gahona López by state agents and the ongoing impunity surrounding the crime. On April 21, 2018, journalist Ángel Gahona López was […]