The Foundation Journalists Unbound (FPSC for its initials in Spanish) reported 22 attacks against media workers in Ecuador in August 2025, including the killings of journalists and allegations of undercover police infiltrating press chats, making it one of the most violent months for journalism in the country. From January through August, the FPSC recorded a […]
"Journalist Karla Ramírez, head of the Panamericana Televisión investigation unit, reported last Sunday [August 31] that Peru's Ministry of the Interior had planned an attack against her in response to her investigations into the links between senior officials of the Peruvian National Police, Minister Juan José Santiváñez, and Nicanor Boluarte with the El Dorado mine. […]
The Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP, for its acronym in Spanish) strongly rejected and condemned the intimidation and threats against journalist Luis Fernando Ramos Tenazoa, former president of the Federated Center of Journalists of Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. On Aug. 26, the organization issued a statement denouncing that Ramos Tenazoa had received death […]
"The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Minjusdh, for its acronym in Spanish) announced that it has activated the Intersectoral Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders on behalf of journalist Manuel Calloquispe Flores, after learning of the serious risk he faces in the Madre de Dios region. [...] The case has raised concerns […]
"Journalist Aníbal Gómez Caballero, with a long career in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, has received new death threats via WhatsApp related to his radio journalism work and his reports on possible corruption in local politics. The Paraguayan Journalists' Union and the International Federation of Journalists absolutely condemn these threats and demand that the […]
"Journalist Katherine Ayarza of the news outlet Epicentro was attacked during an event on the Amnesty Law organized by the Democratic Tuesday program of the Congressional Citizen Participation Office on Aug. 26. At the end of the conference, some attendees surrounded the journalist and, amid shouts and insults belittling her work, threw her cell phone […]
SOS Journalistes, a press freedom group in Haiti, said it is "scandalized" by authorities' inaction in the case of journalist Jocelyn Justin who is awaiting surgery in Cuba after he was seriously injured in a gang shooting while covering the re-opening of a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 24, 2024. In a press release, the […]
"Pablo Grillo's family reported in a statement that the photojournalist is 'stable' in intensive care, but is not progressing as expected. The 35-year-old has been hospitalized since March after being seriously injured when a projectile hit him in the head during a demonstration in front of Congress, which was suppressed by various security forces. [...] […]
"A Mexicali municipal police officer, identified as Hugo 'N,' was arrested along with his brother for allegedly being involved in the attack on journalist Jorge Heras, who was beaten by a pair of individuals on Aug. 26 when he arrived at the home where he hosts the program Ciudad Capital. [...] The other detainees are […]
"Journalist Jéssica Martínez was doing her job outside the Emboscada Antigua Penitentiary on Monday, Aug. 25, when she was unexpectedly struck in the chest by one of the guards of Justice Minister Rodrigo Nicora. The assault, which was captured on video, prompted a group of journalists to express solidarity with Martínez and demand at least […]
"In Huaral, security cameras captured a man lighting and throwing an explosive device inside the home of journalist Carlos Alberto Mesías Zárate. The victim's pet, a dog named Manchis, put out the lit fuse with her teeth and alerted the journalist to the incident. [...] The journalist said the act was a response from the […]
"The Tenth Specialized Criminal Court of Bogotá sentenced Giancarlo Auqué De Silvestri, former Director of Intelligence and former Secretary General of the now-defunct Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its acronym in Spanish), to 12 years and six months in prison. The court ruling holds him responsible for the aggravated psychological torture committed against journalist […]