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Violence Against Journalists

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Brazilian police seek to identify killers of journalist Luiz Carlos Gomes

"The Rio de Janeiro police are listening to witnesses to identify the killers and find out the motive for the execution of businessman and journalist Luiz Carlos Gomes on Aug. 12 in Italva, in the northwest section of Rio de Janeiro. The agents are going over images from security cameras installed in the region. Gomes […]

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23 years after the murder of journalist Jaime Garzón, Colombians demand justice and truth

"You may remember him for his oval glasses and droopy eyes, for the smile he always gave to viewers and for the contrast between the reflections and the humorous criticisms he made about Colombia, a country that at that time was in the midst of a violent scenario composed of paramilitary groups and the extinct […]

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Mexico: 4 media workers killed in attacks in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

"Four media workers of the MegaRadio station in Chihuahua were killed during a day of attacks in Ciudad Juarez this Thurs. Aug. 11. According to a report by Diario de Juárez, they victims were: radio host Allan González; Lino Flores, marketing; Operations Manager Armando Guerrero, and bodyguard Alex Arriaga. They were streaming live from the […]

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Paraguay: Three women workers who had denounced harassment at Albavisión fired

"In May of this year, a group of women journalists of Channel 9 had denounced a superior for sexual harassment and had warned of the systematic nature of his behavior towards the female press workers under his charge. As a result of the investigation, more complaints and testimonies were gathered about the same person and […]

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Journalist Gerardo Delgado shot to death in Ecuador

"Gerardo Delgado, renowned digital journalist of the digital news outlet Ola Manta TV, was shot dead when he went to do journalistic coverage on the Manta - Montecristi road, at the entrance to the La Paola neighborhood. The incident took place at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 10. Ballistic evidence of nine shots and […]

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Mexico: Journalist Jesús Lemus Barajas denounces government threats after book publication

"On Aug. 6, Mexican journalist and writer, Jesús Lemus Barajas, revealed that he is being persecuted by the Mexican Prosecutor's Office following the publication of his recently released book "El fiscal imperial: El eslabón más oscuro de la 4T" [The imperial prosecutor: The darkest link in the 4th transformation or 4T] (Harper Collins, 2022). In […]

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Bolivia: Photojournalist from El Deber news outlet beaten and his equipment damaged while covering a protest

"A photojournalist from [the Bolivian news outlet] El Deber was assaulted while covering a strike taking place in [the city of] Santa Cruz. [...] [The reporter] was recording the events and was seeking an interview with groups related to the Movimiento Al Socialismo (Movement Toward Socialism). It all began when the "masistas" [followers of the […]

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Brazil: 5 involved in murder of journalist Dom Phillips arrested; mastermind is Colombian national, leader of illegal fishing ring, authorities say

"The famous case of the death of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Araújo, which occurred last June in the Brazilian Amazon, has begun to be clarified. According to local authorities, the mastermind is a Colombian citizen who used false documents in that country. The identity of the accused mastermind of the […]

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Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemns the murder of journalist Mike Cabrera in Ecuador

"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist Mike Cabrera in the city of Portoviejo, Manabi province, and urges the State to investigate the facts fully, effectively and impartially, taking into consideration the journalistic work as a possible motive […]

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Brazilian Government failed to comply with IACHR precautionary measures in the case of Bruno and Dom

"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym), together with other organizations for the defense of Indigenous peoples and press freedom, which denounced to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the murders of Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Philips, in the Amazon, said once again there are problems […]

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Mexico: Journalist Ernesto Méndez killed in Guanajuato

"The wave of violence against journalists in Mexico continues. On Tuesday night (Aug. 2), journalist Ernesto Méndez, director of the media outlet 'Tú Voz,' was killed during an attack on a bar in the Cerro Prieto neighborhood in San Luis de la Paz, in Guanajuato; this is the 13th homicide of a communicator so far […]

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Argentina: Prison for gunman in attack against photojournalist and protesters

"The justice system of Neuquén, in the southwest of Argentina, has placed in custody the attacker who shot at press workers and wounded a woman during municipal workers protests who were demanding back pay. The Argentine Association of Graphic Reporters (ARGRA, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement contextualizing and condemning what happened. The statement […]