"The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela has made an urgent call for the release of 16 press workers detained in the context of political instability following the elections held in July last year. These elections gave a disputed victory to President Nicolás Maduro and, as a result, left a […]
"Radio Fides and Agencia de Noticias Fides journalist David Pizarro was attacked on Thursday, May 29, with pepper spray by a riot police officer while he was recording images of the arrest of demonstrators on Belisario Salinas street in La Paz, Bolivia. Pizarro, along with other reporters, was reporting for his media outlet on the […]
"ARTICLE 19 condemns the arbitrary detention of Carlos Milanés, an independent journalist for ADN Cuba, Cubanet and Radio Martí, on May 25 this year in Havana, by State Security agents. The incident was compounded by multiple aggressions such as threats of disappearance, physical aggressions, a raid on his home and the destruction of several personal […]
"Protests in Argentina are becoming the scene of widespread repression, with members of the press being targeted by the country's armed forces. Public security actors, who should protect and guarantee security during peaceful demonstrations, are instead deliberately obstructing press coverage through the use of violence. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its initials in French) condemns […]
"A few hours before the beginning of the silent period priors to elections [...] for mayoral candidates in [the Mexican state of] Veracruz [on May 29], journalist Raymundo García García, a contributor to [the newspaper] El Mundo de Orizaba, was the target of anonymous threats. The intimidations, which were also directed at his family, were […]
Renowned radio host, sports commentator and former footballer Carlos Gilberto Aguirre was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Sunday, June 1, in the municipality of Juticalpa, Honduras. El Heraldo newspaper confirmed through sources at the Public Prosecutor’s morgue that Aguirre died from multiple stab wounds. So far, the perpetrators and motives behind the crime […]
"In a controversial decision, [Colombia's] Supreme Court of Justice acquitted Ronal Harbey Rivera Rodríguez, a former detective with the Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its initials in Spanish), who had been prosecuted for his alleged involvement in the psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. [...] The case is rooted in Duque's investigation into […]
"Luis Augusto Carneiro da Costa, a 46-year-old journalist, was brutally murdered on May 27 by two hooded men who stormed into the community radio studio where he was presenting a popular show focused on local issues. The assailants fired several shots, instantly killing the journalist. With over twenty years of experience in local journalism and […]
"A journalist and a cameraman from news portal Urgente.bo [Bolivia] were forced by vendors in the town of Desaguadero, on the border between Bolivia and Peru, to erase images under threat of being thrown into a river. The aggression and censorship of journalistic work took place on Friday, May 23, about 73 miles west of […]
"The Secretary of Government of Veracruz [Mexico], Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil confirmed that two people have been identified after the murder of journalist Avisack Douglas, who was shot in an attack at campaign headquarters for the Movimiento Ciudadano candidate for mayor for [the city of] Juan Rodríguez Clara [in Veracruz, Mexico]. 'Without getting ahead of the […]
"This Monday [May 26], the regime of Daniel Ortega dissolved another 15 non-profit organizations, among them the historic Nicaraguan Association of Journalists (UPN, for its initials in Spanish), created in 1979 after the triumph of the Sandinista revolution. With this new repressive wave, more than 5,670 NGOs have now been cancelled since December 2018, as […]
"The National Association of Press Workers (SNTP, for its Spanish acronym) denounced this Friday [May 23] the detention of journalist and university professor Carlos Marcano, after Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello accused him of being part of an alleged plot against the regional and legislative elections scheduled for this Sunday [May 25]. According to what was […]