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Violence Against Journalists

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The Americas leads as the region with the most journalists killed in 2022, according to IFJ's annual list

"The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today renewed its call on the international community for concrete action to protect the safety and freedoms of journalists as it recorded a spike in the numbers of journalists killed or imprisoned during 2022. […] The IFJ released the latest figures ahead of International Human Rights Day, recording 67 […]

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Mexico: Journalists from Jalisco assaulted after covering road accident; three individuals are arrested

"During coverage of a road accident in Zapopan, several journalists from Jalisco, Mexico were physically assaulted and had their recording equipment destroyed. Three individuals were arrested for these acts, while the state Attorney General's Office initiated the corresponding investigation to clarify what happened. It was on the night of Dec. 5, around 8:00 p.m., when […]

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Brazilian woman journalist denounces harassment during World Cup coverage

"Brazilian journalist Isabelle Costa denounced through her social media that she experienced an outrageous moment in Qatar when she was harassed by a man. Costa wrote: "It's not the first time nor the second time I've been approached by men here. But this time he crossed the line. I was getting on the subway, at […]

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Jamaica: Reporters are attacked and threatened while covering a teachers' protest

"A man who physically and verbally attacked two media workers in [the neighborhood of] Homestead, St Catherine [in the city of Spanish Town, Jamaica] on Wed. Nov. 30 has been arrested and charged by the police. Michael Marlyn, a laborer, is charged with assault causing bodily harm and malicious destruction of property. Reports are that […]

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Brazil: Commission asks CPI to investigate murders of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Pereira

"The final opinion of the external commission of the House of Representatives that follows the investigation of the murder of the Brazilian indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and the English journalist Dom Phillips, in the region of Vale do Javari (AM), was approved on Wed. Nov. 30. The document calls for the creation of a Parliamentary […]

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Brazil: Press freedom organizations call on authorities to investigate more than 60 attacks on journalists

"Faced with the exponential growth of aggressions and threats to journalists covering anti-democratic demonstrations [protesting the results of the past presidential elections in Brazil] throughout the country, national press entities have called on local authorities to demand more security and investigate who's behind the attacks. The petitions were signed by Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative […]

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Colombia: Journalist and social leader Wilder Córdoba murdered in Nariño

"A journalist and director of a local television channel was killed by gunmen in southern Colombia, the Colombian Attorney General's Office said Tues. Nov. 29). 'The Attorney General's Office learned of the death of journalist and social leader Wilder Alfredo Córdoba in the municipality of La Unión, Nariño,' they said on social media. Authorities of […]

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Mexico: Missing journalist is found alive, with signs of violence, in Veracruz

"Journalist Francisco Hernández Elvira, leader of the Journalists Club of the municipality of Isla, state of Veracruz, was found alive and beaten early Wed. morning [Nov. 23], after being reported missing on Nov. 20. The State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP, by its Spanish acronym) said the journalist is safe and […]

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Journalist Pedro Pablo Kumul is murdered in Veracruz; 17 press members have been killed in Mexico so far in 2022

"Journalist and broadcaster Pedro Pablo Kumul was murdered on Mon. Nov. 21 in El Castillo, a town in Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz [Mexico], as confirmed by the news website where he worked, AX Noticias. The murder of the reporter adds to 16 other homicides counted by Article 19, an organization that defends press […]

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Bolivia: Journalists demand police to stop attacks against reporters

"Journalists from the department of Santa Cruz, in Bolivia, gathered on Nov. 18 in front of Police Headquarters to condemn attacks by riot police against press workers while covering a civic strike that began on Oct. 22 in this region. A total of 20 cases of aggression against reporters from private and state media were […]

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Headquarters of news website Rondoniaovivo shot multiple times in northern Brazil

"Around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, an unidentified man shot multiple times at the headquarters of privately owned news website Rondoniaovivo in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia’s capital, according to several news reports, the outlet’s news director Ivan Frazão, and owner Paulo Andreoli, who spoke to CPJ in separate phone interviews. The shots hit and […]

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Brazil: 2022 surpasses the previous year's record for attacks on the press

"With critical levels of violence against the Brazilian press, 2022 did not need its 365 days to surpass the record of aggressions against journalists registered in 2021. Partial data from the monitoring of attacks on the press, conducted by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym), reveal 504 cases identified between […]