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Violence Against Journalists

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Press organizations speak out against harassment and threats against journalist in Peru

“The protests against the government of Dina Boluarte continue in Peru. In the first week of March, came the news of the death of six soldiers who drowned trying to cross the Llave river in Puno, in the South of the country. The coverage of this topic was mainly carried out by the correspondent of […]

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Five journalists attacked while working in less than a week in Bolivia

"In one week, five journalists suffered attacks and threats while doing journalistic coverage [in Bolivia]. The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB, by its Spanish acronym) and the Journalists Association of La Paz (APLP) denounced the violence that has started up again against journalists in the context of social protests in the country. Journalists […]

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Colombia: Putumayo journalists survive with fear on their doorstep

"In the department of Putumayo, in the southwest of Colombia, anyone, including armed groups, knows where the most well-known journalists live. It is enough to tell a cab driver the name of one of the journalists to arrive, in a matter of minutes, at the doors of their homes, which are almost always also their […]

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Journalist found dead at Mexico City hotel

"Retired journalist Carlos Acosta was found dead over the weekend in a Mexico City hotel, a case for which the Attorney General's Office announced on Monday the opening of a homicide investigation. The man was found on Saturday [March 4] in a hotel room located in the Ermita neighborhood of the Benito Juarez district, the […]

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Article 19 registered more than 400 attacks on journalists in Cuba in 2022

"The press freedom organization Article 19 registered 403 aggressions against independent journalists and activists in Cuba in 2022, 81% committed by the Department of State Security (DSE), as exposed in the report 'Silence and exile: The forced exile of independent journalists in Cuba.' State violence against any critical voice is not new on the island, […]

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Venezuela: Journalist's family threatened after book publication

"Family members of Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez were threatened on social media, denounced the NGO Espacio Público. On their Twitter account, they pointed out that these actions of intimidation against eight of her relatives occurred at the end of this past January when the renowned investigative journalist spoke about a book she wrote. 'They received […]

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Brazil: Estadão reporters assaulted while covering tragedy due to heavy rains in São Sebastião

"A group of residents of the luxury condominium Vila de Anoman, in Maresias, São Sebastião, Brazil physically assaulted with swear words a reporter of [newspaper] Estadão who was covering the tragedy [caused by a storm] on the northern coast of São Paulo. One of them forced the photo reporter Tiago Queiroz to delete pictures he […]

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Peru: Extremists go to journalist's home to harass her

"On Feb. 21, 2023, members of the extreme right-wing group La Resistencia managed to locate the current home of journalist Rosa María Palacios to stand outside and hurl insults and slander against her. This has been happening in Lima, in a strategy of harassment against journalists that the radical group considers its enemies. Rosa María […]

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Attacks and vandalism against journalists covering protests in Suriname

“The Association of Surinamese Journalists (ASJ) has strongly condemned the looting, vandalism and attacks on journalists during and after the protests against the Surinamese government on Friday (Feb. 17). […] According to the ASJ – it is a sign on the wall of the country falling into anarchy when independent journalists have suffered in the […]

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A journalist kidnapped in Haiti freed

"A journalist kidnapped earlier this month in Haiti was released last Fri. Feb. 17.  His captors were demanding US$ 200,000 for his release. Journalist Valéry Numa confirmed on his Twitter account that his colleague Jean Thony Lorthé was released after the ransom demanded that the presenter of the radio program 'Rafrechi Memwa,' broadcast in Creole […]

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Mexico: Journalist and student Abisaí Pérez found dead in Tula, Hidalgo

"Journalist, student and land activist Abisaí Pérez Romero was found dead in Tula, [state of] Hidalgo, confirmed on Thurs. [Feb. 16] the organization Article 19 and the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM, by its acronym in Spanish). Article 19 pointed to a possible murder, while the Hidalgo State Attorney General's Office said that there […]

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Journalist Alexander Álvarez shot and killed in Paraguay

"On Tues., Feb. 14, an unidentified attacker on a motorcycle shot Álvarez while he was in his car at a stoplight in Pedro Juan Caballero, a city near Paraguay’s border with Brazil, according to multiple news reports and two of his coworkers who spoke to CPJ. Álvarez, who produced a morning news program for the […]