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Violence Against Journalists

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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.' […]

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Co-perpetrator of Mexican journalist Israel Vazquez's murder is convicted

"A federal judge found guilty the second person implicated in the murder of journalist Israel Vázquez Rangel, who was killed in an ambush on Nov. 9, 2020. His name is José Luis, alias 'el Pizzero.' He is an accomplice of Martín Eduardo, who was already sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2021. The […]

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Reporters in Haiti flee gang violence surge in capital’s neighborhood

"The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday [August 6] expressed grave concern that the rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince could put journalists at greater risk than other civilians if they are singled out for their work documenting the situation on the ground. CPJ has learned that at least five reporters have fled their […]

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Cuba: Regime threatens to prosecute journalist José Luis Tan Estrada for 'civil disobedience'

"Cuban State Security detained Diario De Cuba journalist José Luis Tan Estrada for more than five hours on Monday [Sept. 4] to prevent him from attending the trial against activist Ienelis Delgado Cué in the People's Court of Camagüey. The court eventually sentenced Delgado Cue to nine months in prison for the alleged crime of […]

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Venezuela: Journalist Roland Carreño's trial to start from scratch on Sept. 28

"The trial against journalist Roland Carreño, who is also a collaborator of the Voluntad Popular (VP) party founded by Leopoldo López, will start again on Sept. 28. The journalist's defense lawyer, Joel García, shared the information on social media. He said the opening of this new new trial takes place a month and a half […]

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Former Mexican governor threatens legal action against journalist

"ARTICLE 19 condemns the legal threat made by Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, former governor of [the Mexican state of] Tamaulipas, against Martha Olivia López, director of the digital media outlet En un 2×3, correspondent of the Public Radio System's Canal Catorce network, and collaborator for the media outlets Astillero Informa and Rompeviento TV. The […]

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Haitian radio journalist’s home destroyed in arson attack

"The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the August 23 arson attack on the home of radio reporter Arnold Junior Pierre and calls on Haitian authorities to restore order to the country so journalists can do their jobs without fear of retaliation. On August 23, unidentified armed individuals set fire to Pierre’s home and several other […]

Team at digital media outlet La Posta goes to IACHR to request Ecuadoran State protect it

"The journalistic team of the digital media outlet La Posta, which reported the so-called Gran Padrino [Great Godfather] case, will request precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the protection of its integrity. In a program from digital media outlet La Posta, broadcast on Aug. 29, 2023, their representatives, Andersson Boscán […]