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Violence Against Journalists

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Mexico: Morelos police officers attack Aristegui Noticias reporter

"The journalist, contributor to Aristegui Noticias and other news outlets, Estrella Pedroza, denounced that she was a victim of aggression by officers of the State Security Commission of Morelos [Mexico] while she was carrying out her journalistic work. According to Pedroza, the aggression began when she was intercepted by security agents while she was taking […]

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U.S. Delegation assesses setbacks to freedom of expression in El Salvador

"A mission of senior U.S. Government officials met this week with different civil society leaders to hear their perspectives on democracy and human rights and also learned about the 'setbacks' in freedom of expression registered by the Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, by its Spanish acronym). The delegation was led by the Deputy […]

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Brazilian court sentences mayor of Oriximiná, Pará, for assaulting journalist

"The courts have condemned the mayor of Oriximiná (Park, Brazil), Delegado Fonseca, for assaulting a journalist in a public place with a kick and a punch, and damaging the journalist's cell phone as a result. The incident took place in June last year. Judge José Gomes de Araújo Filho handed down the first-degree sentence in […]

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Mexico: Three arrested for murder of journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara in Sonora

"Three alleged hitmen are in custody for the murder of journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara and a policeman, according to Santos González Yescas, mayor of San Luis Río Colorado, a [Mexican] municipality on the border with the United States. [...] Gutiérrez Vergara was the director of a website, Notiface Prensa Digital de San Luis, which mainly […]

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Mexican journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara dies in gun attack against policemen in Sonora state

"An armed attack against police officers in [the Mexican state of] Sonora left two people dead, among them journalist Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara, who was with the agents when they were shot. The Sonora Prosecutor's Office said that the attack against the police officers took place early this morning [Sept. 25] in the Aviación neighborhood, in […]

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Bolivian Ombudsman's Office urges authorities to solve recent attacks on journalists

“The Bolivian Ombudsman's Office asked the authorities this Wednesday [Sept. 20] to solve three recent cases of attacks against journalists in the cities of Oruro, La Paz and Santa Cruz and to guarantee freedom of the press and free expression. The Ombudsman's Office indicated that its intervention seeks to ensure that 'the corresponding authorities identify […]

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Colombia: Two local media outlets end news programs due to threats from criminal gangs

“Local stations Mundo 89 FM and La Voz de los Robles 14.90 AM from the Colombian city of Tuluá, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in the southwestern part of the country, turned off the microphones of their news programs due to the difficult situation of violence that people in Tuluá are experiencing. A […]

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IAPA Demands the Immediate Release of Cuban Journalist Henry Constantín

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the Cuban regime's arbitrary detention of journalist Henry Constantín Ferreiro and demanded his immediate release. It marks the second time this month that the journalist has been detained. Constantín Ferreiro, the director of La Hora de Cuba magazine in Camagüey, was arrested on September 15 by the Cuban political police, […]

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Death threats against journalists doubled in Ecuador

"Death threats against journalists doubled in Ecuador, this amid the growing wave of violence that is sweeping this Latin American country. According to organizations that defend freedom of the press, death threats doubled compared to 2021 and 2022, when there were between eight and seven. For the year 2023, exactly between January and August, there […]

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Sports journalist who went to cover Colombia's National Team in Chile was robbed

"A special envoy to Chile from Noticias Caracol was robbed while she was about to make a transmission in the vicinity of the Monumental stadium in Santiago de Chile. The victim was sports journalist Marcela Monsalve, who is in Chile to cover the next match between the Colombian and Chilean national teams." Read original article […]

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Commission for the Protection of Journalists was presented in Ecuador

"A group of Ecuadorian communicators presented on Thursday [Sept. 7] a Commission for the Protection of Journalists (MAPP, by its Spanish acronym), through mechanisms and concrete actions in the face of threats against the life or freedom of reporters. This coordinating forum among civil society actors, press media and communication workers seeks to create networks […]

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Colombia: Prosecutor's Office investigates death threat to editor of La Opinión newspaper

"In her five years at the helm of the daily La Opinión, in Cúcuta [Colombia], editor Estefanía Colmenares had never received death threats, as in the messages she received this Wednesday [Sept. 6]. Through her personal number, Colmenares was warned that 'she was a military target' and that 'her head had a price on it.' […]