“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 […]
"During the month of March, three independent journalists—Yoani Sánchez, Camila Acosta and Mabel Páez—reported having been placed under police surveillance or subjected to de facto house arrest in the context of protests over the worsening energy crisis on the island, which they were covering. These constitute manifestly arbitrary restrictions that hinder the public-interest work carried […]
“Ukrainian authorities must conduct a swift and transparent investigation into the intimidation of journalists Jared Goyette and Sérgio Utsch, hold those responsible to account, and ensure that members of the press are not harassed or threatened over their work,” said Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator. “Journalists must be able to report […]
"Samuel Rodolfo Vizcarra Velarde admitted to his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of journalist and El Debate newspaper columnist Luis Enrique Ramírez Ramos and was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the crime of aggravated homicide, the State Attorney General's Office of Culiacán reported. The conviction of the perpetrator of the crime against […]
"On March 18, 2026, Juan David Gámez [owner of local news site Táctica SS] was shot dead in the Valle de Lincoln neighborhood of García, in the northern state of Nuevo León. According to information [from Reporters Without Borders, RSF], he was attacked while riding his motorcycle near his home. Juan David Gámez regularly published […]
"Ecuadorian authorities must swiftly and comprehensively investigate the shooting of journalist José Vinces Oviedo in the southern city of Huaquillas and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday [March 20]. [...] After he received a news tip about the discovery of two human skulls in a graveyard, Vinces went to the […]
"With the aim of contributing to a report by Revista AzMina—funded by Reporters Without Borders—a survey has been launched to investigate the gender-based violence faced by journalists covering cases of violence against women in Brazil. The questionnaire seeks to map the experiences, patterns, and impacts of such violence. The questionnaire, completed anonymously, is aimed at […]
"Former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro posted a video on Saturday (March 14, 2026) in which Cris Mourão, a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro, claims that journalists who were in front of the DF Star hospital in Brasília, covering the hospitalization of former leader, were wishing for his death. In the footage, it is not […]
"A São Paulo court ordered journalist Luan Araújo to pay one minimum wage (R$ 1,621, or about US $300) for the crime of defamation against former congresswoman Carla Zambelli, currently imprisoned in Italy. Luan Araújo is the man who, in 2022—on the eve of the second round of the presidential elections—was chased by Zambelli in […]
"The press in Ecuador is doing its work amid the government’s war on drug trafficking, which has turned the country into the most violent in Latin America, with a record 54 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025 — equivalent to one every hour, according to official data. 'Having six journalists killed in just one year […]
"Oaxacan journalist and head of the news site OM Noticias, Óscar Merino Ruiz, was shot and wounded in an attack Tuesday night in Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, a town on Oaxaca’s coast, the National Forum of Journalists and Communicators confirmed. The shooting took place in a public area and left him seriously injured. He was taken […]