"In 1984, journalist Hilario Ayuque Zuñiga disappeared in [the Peruvian city of] Huancavelica and justice has been sought for his forced disappearance ever since. Almost four decades later, the Fourth Specialized Transitory Criminal Court of the Superior Court of Justice decided to sentence retired National Police officer Raúl Hebert Manyari Castellares for the crime that […]
"Haiti's National Police said it has received orders to launch an investigation into the death of a journalist who witnesses say was struck in the head by a tear gas canister as officers also opened fire on a group of reporters. In a statement late Sunday [Oct. 30], Police Chief Frantz Elbé offered his condolences […]
"The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Honduran Jorge Canahuati, denounced Thurs. Oct. 27 that violence is 'one of the worst challenges' of journalism, with 39 journalists murdered in the last year in the Americas. 'One journalist is too many, 39 is intolerable,' Canahuati said during the inauguration of IAPA's 78th General Assembly, […]
"The three people who participated in the murder of Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado, who lived in Tijuana - a city bordering the United States - were sentenced to prison, after an shortened legal process carried out on Oct. 26. The Attorney General of Baja California, Iván Carpio Sánchez, informed that Guillermo Julián Castro, who pleaded […]
"The violence used by 'grupos de choque' [violent groups sent to attack] against journalists, cameramen, photographers and media staff at blocking points during the civic strike in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra [Bolivia] was condemned by the National Press Association (ANP, by its acronym in Spanish), which rejected the premeditated actions to […]
"Journalist Rafael Emiro Moreno, murdered this past Oct. 16, had received death threats since 2019. During the following three years the attacks against Moreno continued, so he turned to the National Protection Unit (UNP) and other state entities in search of measures to protect his life. However, during that time, Moreno faced a protection mechanism […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, by its English acronym) registered between January and October 2022 a total of 86 aggressions and the departure of 10 journalists from the country. This is due mainly to penal reforms that punish the publication of information related to gangs, according to what was reported on Mon. […]
"The impact of forced internal displacement on women journalists threatened with death in Mexico, the lack of policies to stop this violation of human rights and the shortcomings in the accompaniment of those who are forced to leave everything are the focus of an investigation presented by the organization Comunicación e Información de la Mujer […]
"Another journalist became a victim of violence in Colombia. Rafael Emiro Moreno, director of the digital news outlet Voces de Córdoba and an activist in his home state, was murdered in the city of Montelíbano (Córdoba), Colombia, on the night of Oct. 16, 2022. Moreno was killed by hitmen in the 27 de Julio neighborhood […]
"September marked a new record for assaults on women journalists [in Brazil] in 2022: 28 alerts were registered throughout the month, almost one per day. The figure represents a third of the total number of cases against women journalists registered throughout the year and an increase of 47.7% compared to September 2021. The data results […]
"A poster with threats against the media hung on the headquarters of a television channel in Rosario (central Argentina) on Tues. Oct. 10 with. This TV channel denounces day by day the situation of violence the city is going through. The poster displayed on the front of the Telefe Rosario channel included phrases such as 'We're […]
“The police said the 23-year-old [Edwin Josué] Andino was murdered by two gunmen ‘wearing uniforms similar to those of the military police.’ They went to his home where he lived with his father in Villafranca, a western suburb of Tegucigalpa, on the morning of Oct. 10. They seized Andino and his father, placed adhesive tape […]