"On Aug. 2 of this year, the Santa Cruz Journalists Association held a sit-in in front of the (burned) building of the Departmental Prosecutor's Office, demanding that the authorities investigate and punish the perpetrators of the aggressions and threats against press workers, a sector that in 21 months suffered at least 60 aggressions. At the […]
"In one week, three Bolivian journalists were threatened for reporting on drug trafficking issues. Journalistic organizations reiterated requests for the protection of those affected. [...] The journalist of the news outlet Contacto Bolivia, Priscila Quiroga, and a journalist of Red ATB were threatened through a message sent from a WhatsApp account for reporting on the […]
"For 6 months now the National Protection Unit (UNP, by its Spanish acronym) has been denying access to information to the family of journalist Rafael Moreno, murdered in October last year in Montelíbano, Córdoba [Colombia]. The family seeks access to the documents of the individual protection process and risk assessment, as well as the implementation […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 42/2023 on July 24, 2023, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Peruvian Gustavo Andrés Gorriti Ellenbogen, after identifying that he is in a situation of risk of irreparable harm to his rights. According to the requesting party, Gustavo Gorriti is the director of […]
"Haitian journalist, Blondine Tanis, was released on Sunday night [July 30], following the payment of a ransom to the individuals who kidnapped her. After her release, Tanis was taken to a hospital. She was beaten by her captors to force her relatives to pay, according to local media. The co-host of the program "Tribune Matinale […]
"Haitian law enforcement must thoroughly investigate the July 23 arson attack on independent local station Radio Antarctique and ensure that journalists can work without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. Around 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, about 50 heavily armed men with assault-style rifles attacked the town of Liancourt in […]
"Sports journalist Max Martínez narrowly escaped death after being attacked with a knife by a group of scarlet fans [of the América de Cali team] who mistook him for a Nacional team fan. The journalist, who works for the radio program El Corrillo de Mao, was wounded near the neck and in the back." […]
"Independent journalist Gabriela Ramos Carbajal was wounded with five pellets fired by the police in the face and body during the recent protest on Abancay Avenue, in downtown Lima [Peru]. In view of this fact, the Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation against the Peruvian National Police [PNP] for the alleged crime of minor injuries […]
"The [Bolivian] National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) denounced that the journalist of the newspaper El Deber, Guider Arancibia [Guillén], was threatened after publishing a news item about the capture of a cocaine shipment transported in a light aircraft that fell in Argentina, and demanded governmental protection for the reporter. [...] Arancibia Guillén […]
Article 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP), Freedom House, Asociación por la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos de Honduras and Reporteros de Investigación denounced and demanded that Honduran authorities investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders that have been taking place in recent months. According to the organizations, […]
"In Tuluá, Colombia, seven journalists were 'threatened and pressured to publish information about the criminal group 'Los Cancerberos,'` according to the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its Spanish acronym) on its Twitter account. Likewise, the entity points out that 'this aggravates the situation of the press covering matters of public interest in the municipality […]
"Opposition politicians and non-governmental organizations in Venezuela called this Sunday [July 23] for the release of Roland Carreño, a journalist who worked in the team of former interim president Juan Guaidó and who completed this weekend 1,000 days in prison since he was arrested for allegedly 'promoting violent actions.' 'Roland [Carreño] is innocent and was […]