“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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"After three days in intensive care, the death of Cynthia "N", daughter of Antonio de la Cruz, journalist of Expreso who was murdered on June 29th in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was confirmed this Friday. The 23 year-old was shot in the head with a 40 millimeter caliber bullet during the attack on her […]
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the attack on journalist Susana Mendoza Carreño, stabbed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The organization urged the authorities to investigate the motive for the attack and guarantee her safety. Mendoza Carreño, director of Radio Universidad de Guadalajara and correspondent for Channel 44 of the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, was […]
"On June 30, reporter Ana Lilia Mata went to cover a conference given by Santiago Nieto Castillo, former head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Mexican Federal Government. After the event ended, Mata tried to interview public officials, at which point a member of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC, for its acronym in Spanish) […]
"On June 29th, Antonio de la Cruz became the twelfth journalist to be murdered so far this year in Mexico, a country that, according to the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French), is the second most dangerous country for journalism, only after Burma. [...] In view of this, the Organization issued […]
"Former military policeman Cezar Narciso de Souza was captured on June 28 by federal police agents and municipal guards in Vitória, capital of Espirito Santo state, Brazil. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison, but had been on the run since 2018 when he was sentenced. Maria Nilce dos Santos Magalhães, a journalist, news […]
"'You don't know the bunch of pesos they pay me to go after people like you,' an official of the Cuban regime said Thursday, June 30, to journalist Henry Constantine, director of the independent media La Hora de Cuba. Constantine was detained 60 meters from his home in Camagüey, Cuba, by a State Security agent who […]
"Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira – who died on June 5, 2022, along with British journalist Dom Phillips, in the Javari Valley (AM) – was mapping the connections of the Atalaia do Norte (AM) city hall with the group involved in poaching and illegal fishing in the Indigenous Land of the Javari Valley. Pereira had […]