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Violence Against Journalists

Mexican president calls journalist’s work ‘fiction’ after report linking cartel lawyer to ruling party

“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the work of journalist Anabel Hernández, after she reported drug trafficker Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada's lawyer, Juan Pablo Penilla, is close to the Morena political party. In her morning conference this Monday, Feb. 24 at the National Palace, Sheinbaum said Anabel Hernández's journalism 'is fiction'. 'She has established a form […]

Military police in Brazil shoot sports journalist after mistaking him for a bandit

"Igor Melo, a student and owner of the website 'Informe Botafogo', was shot on Monday [24 February] by a reserve military police officer after being mistaken for a bandit when he was leaving the place where he works, in Penha, in the north section of Rio de Janeiro. According to journalist Renan Moura, from Rádio […]

TV cameramen held inside police truck in Bolivia for 40 minutes

“Cameramen Percy Suárez and Walter Chama, from Bolivian private networks ATB and Red Uno, respectively, were arrested and transported in a security vehicle to a police station [on Feb. 19]. After approximately 40 minutes, they were released following protests from their colleagues against the excessive zeal of the police, Suárez told the Monitoring Unit of […]

Protester assaults TV crew of channel LN+ during coverage of protest in Buenos Aires

"A demonstrator assaulted a reporter from the channel LN+ [belonging to Argentina's La Nación group] on Wednesday, Feb 19. The incident occurred during a protest at Congress [in Buenos Aires] over various grievances, including cuts to retirees, failure to update bonuses [for retirees] and intervention at the Bonaparte Hospital. The aggressor insulted Nicolás Edwin, the […]

Reporter assaulted while covering rapper's arrest in Rio de Janeiro

"Journalist Bruno Assunção, from SBT Rio, was attacked by demonstrators while covering the arrest of rapper Oruam in front of the 16th Police Station in the Barra da Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday. "Assunção took to social media to report the incident and the assaults. He said criminals infiltrated among the demonstrators […]

Body of missing Mexican journalist found after five years

"The body of Sonora journalist Jesús Alberto Camacho Rodríguez, who disappeared five years ago, was found by the collective of mothers Madres Buscadoras in a forensic medical facility in the city of Culiacán in Mexico. Camacho Rodríguez worked for several media outlets, including El Imparcial, El Regional de Sonora, Extra de la Tarde, and Tribuna […]

Mexican sports journalist denounces hacking of his X account

"One of the most famous and controversial figures in Mexican sports journalism is Álvaro Morales. The ESPN analyst has become a current reference due to the creativity of his criticism and his style to generate controversy, mainly in social media. Recently, Álvaro Morales reported that his X (Twitter) account was hacked and as a result […]

Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press records 58 violations in January

"The Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (ICLEP, for its initials in Spanish) recorded a total of 58 violations of freedoms of expression and of the press in Cuba during January 2025, according to its report published this Monday [Feb. 17]. [...] ICLEP counted 23 attacks, threats and/or psychological aggressions, 15 abusive uses […]

Army of bots attack Dominican journalists during defamation campaign

"For a week, a group of Dominican journalists were the target of an intense social media campaign to discredit them, with more than 10,000 mentions recorded on different platforms, mainly on X (formerly Twitter). The narrative promoted in these publications accused them of receiving funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in […]

Honduran TV crew attacked while covering mayoral event

“A group of supporters of the Libertad y Refundación (Libre) political party attacked journalist María Fernanda Martínez on Sunday afternoon [Feb. 16] while she was covering an event of the mayor [of Tegucigalpa, Honduras]. The journalist said she had already done a live broadcast and had asked the cameraman to take back-up shots, when suddenly […]

Mexican journalist denounces threats after exposing alleged corruption in the state of Veracruz

“Aldair Garnica Arcos, who identifies himself as executive director of [the Facebook page] Decisión Digital Noticias and collaborator of [the digital media outlet] NBC Diario, expressed on social media his fear of suffering reprisals for allegedly having exposed cases of corruption and human rights violations within the State Attorney General's Office [of Veracruz, Mexico]. According […]

Broadcast journalist in Argentina receives threatening messages while on air

“Journalist Facundo Pastor denounced live on [Argentine TV channel] A24 that he was being threatened by a person named Juan Ignacio, while a report was being broadcast about people arrested during a protest on Wednesday [Feb. 12] against the approval of a new law. Pastor received the messages when images of alleged infiltrators at the […]