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Violence Against Journalists

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Mexico: 40% of crimes against journalists are committed by state and municipal authorities

"Forty percent of the aggressions, threats and even homicides committed against journalists in Mexico come from state and municipal authorities, acknowledged Enrique Irazoque Palazuelos, head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights. During his visit to Sinaloa, where an agreement was signed with the state government to guarantee the defense mechanism for journalists […]

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'Covering a lawless land': Brazilian journalists on reporting in the Amazon after Dom Phillips’ and Bruno Pereira’s killings

"The June murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira, whom police suspect were killed by people with ties to illegal fishing in the Amazon, amounted to a 'nightmare' come true, Brazilian journalist Daniel Camargos, who often covers the Amazon, told CPJ in a phone interview. [...] To learn more about […]

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Uruguay: Journalist Silvia Techera receives death threats for a Facebook post

"Journalist Silvia Techera, who works for Uruguayan news outlets Subrayado and La Voz de Melo, received a death threat through her Facebook account. According to the message, the threat was motivated by something Techera posted regarding a person who had committed a crime. According to what the Ministry of Interior informed La Diaria (Uruguayan news outlet), […]

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Mexico: Journalist Rubén Haro survives shooting attempt in Ciudad Obregón

"At about 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, unidentified attackers shot at Haro, founder and editor of the Facebook-based news outlet Las Noticias de la Red, in Ciudad Obregón, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, according to news reports, a statement by his outlet, and Haro, who spoke to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a phone interview. […]

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Brazilian program launches video tracing the path journalist Dom Phillips followed to his death

"Abraji's Tim Lopes program launched on Friday, July 22, 2022, a detailed video about the journey and last moments in life of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Araújo, who were chased and killed while crossing a river to Atalaia do Norte, [in Amazonas state, in Brazil]. Charged and arrested for the double murder, three […]

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Brazil: Reporter is threatened by armed man during a live transmission

"Daniela Carla, a reporter for TV Gazeta, a TV Globo affiliate in Espírito Santo, Brazil, was threatened by an armed man during a live transmission. The fact happened during the morning show 'Bom Dia Espírito Santo.' The story was about shootings in the hills of Vitória, the state capital. While transmitting the news, Daniela suddenly […]

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Bolsonaro family makes at least one attack on the press a day

“President Jair Bolsonaro and his sons in public office, such as councilor Carlos Bolsonaro, senator Flávio Bolsonaro and also Eduardo Bolsonaro, have made at least one attack on media outlets per day from January 2021 to May 2022. The survey carried out by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) examined 14,918 tweets and retweets […]

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What it's like working in Mexico, the deadliest country in the world for journalists

“Every time a reporter is killed, his or her death explodes in the hearts of the country’s other journalists — like an earthquake with expanding effect. It doesn’t matter whether they knew the victim or not. Each murder revives feelings of fear, terror, desperation, rage, and sadness that accumulate over time.  Every time a reporter is […]

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Brazilian federal police arrest suspect in the murder of journalist Dom Phillips

"Suspected of drug trafficking and illegal purchase of fish, Peruvian Rubens Villar Coelho, known as Colombia, was arrested this Thursday (July 7, 2022) when he presented himself to the Federal Police in Tabatinga (AM). He is singled out by the investigation of the murder of the Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips […]

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Organizations demand Mexican State take action in face of increase in violence against press in Tamaulipas

"During the last two weeks ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Propuesta Cívica and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) documented a series of attacks against journalists and media outlets in the state of Tamaulipas, highlighting a worrying increase in the violence experienced in the area. ... Three journalists, two reporters and a cameraman, whose […]

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IAPA condemns kidnapping and extortion of journalists from América TV Peru

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the kidnapping and extortion of a group of journalists from América TV, Peru. They were forced to read a live statement as a condition for their release. The organization urged the authorities to investigate, identify the culprits and bring them to justice to prevent these acts from being […]

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Brazil: TV Gazeta boss accused of asking reporters to exchange nude photos for stories

"The manager of the sports department of TV Gazeta, Michelle Giannella, is accused of having asked reporters or producers to send half-naked photos to press secretaries or athletes in exchange for interviews. UOL heard two former employees who received the request on two occasions and five other people who were in meetings when this request […]