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Violence Against Journalists

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13 attacks against the press registered in Ecuador during first two days of national strike

"Journalists Juan Carlos Sola and Brayan Borja, of the digital news outlet La Voz Ciudadana EC, were attacked by a group of demonstrators in Guaranda, Ecuador. They punched and hit them while complaining they were filming. Juan Carlos Sola told Fundamedios that they were trying to take footage of a confrontation between a driver and […]

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Brazil: Authorities find belongings of missing journalist and expert in Amazon

"A British journalist and a Brazilian expert on Indigenous peoples have now been missing deep in the Amazon rainforest for more than a week, and increasing signs suggest that the two men may not be found alive. Brazilian authorities said late last week that they found human remains in the area where the men were […]

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U.S. journalist Anthony DePalma expelled from Cuba after being detained at Havana airport

"American journalist Anthony DePalma, former international correspondent of The New York Times and a recognized authority on Latin American issues, was detained upon his arrival in Havana on June 8th on a flight from the United States and expelled by Cuban authorities after police interrogation. [...] 'I can't say that the uniformed agents were aggressive, but […]

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Mexican journalist couple goes into exile after repeated threats by organized crime

"The call on May 13 was not the first nor the last. But it was the one that broke everything. The one that forced journalist Juan de Dios García Davish and his wife, also a journalist, María de Jesús Peters, to pack their bags, look for friends outside Mexico and prepare to flee. 'We are […]

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Brazil: São Paulo residents threaten photojournalist Caio Castor, try to enter residence

"Around 6:30 p.m. on May 28, a group of about 15 people gathered in front of the building where freelance photojournalist Caio Castor lives with his family in the city of São Paulo, attempted to enter the building, and threatened to “break everything” in his apartment, according to news reports and the journalist, who spoke […]

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Brazil: President Bolsonaro is ordered to pay R$100,000 [USD 20,400] for attacks on journalists

"On National Press Freedom Day, Judge Tamara Hochgreb Matos, from the 24th Civil Court of the city of São Paulo, sentenced President Jair Bolsonaro to pay R$100,000 [USD 20,400] as compensation for collective moral damage to journalists. This ruling can be appealed. The sentence stems from a public civil action filed against Bolsonaro on April […]

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Dom Phillips: editors around world urge Bolsonaro to do more to find missing journalist

"Editors and journalists from some of the world’s biggest news organisations have written to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, to ask that he “urgently step up and fully resource the effort” to find missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira. Led by the Guardian and the Washington Post, two newspapers for […]

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Civil organization launches 'ABC' to protect Mexican journalists

"The organization Propuesta Cívica launched an 'ABC' for the protection of journalists in Mexico, which is aimed at authorities, citizens, civil society organizations, media owners, editors, journalists, and students. This action was taken on the occasion of Freedom of Expression Day, which is commemorated on June 7, a date that reminds that 2022 has been […]

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Correspondents and friends of missing journalist Dom Phillips make appeal in letter: 'We refuse to give up hope'

"More than 40 international correspondents and friends of British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in the Amazon on Sunday in the company of Indigenous issues expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, sent GLOBO a letter in which they say they refuse to give up hope that the pair will be found safe and sound. The group […]

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Brazil: After reporter, editor is threatened with rape and death

"[An obscene message was] sent to journalist Vanessa Lippelt, editor of Congresso em Foco, on the night of Sun., June 5. The text, with a photo of a gun that, according to the author, would be used in the journalist's murder, was sent to the e-mail of the site's editorial staff. The message was delivered […]

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Bolivian newspapers demand justice for six journalists kidnapped in 2021

"The National Press Association (ANP, by its Spanish acronym), which represents Bolivia's leading print media, expresses deep concern over the slow progress in the investigations into the kidnapping of six journalists that borders on reprehensible impunity. It has been 220 days since the moment [October 28, 2021] when journalists sent to a rural property located […]

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Honduran journalist wounded by a gunshot dies, the fourth so far in 2022

"Violence against the press in Honduras has claimed the life of journalist Ricardo Alcides Ávila, reported the Committee for Freedom of Expression (C-Libre). According to the organization, the journalist died on Sunday in Honduras a few days after being shot, making him the fourth journalist to be killed this year and the 97th since 2001. […]