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Violence Against Journalists

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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. […]

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Colombia experiences the most violent electoral period against the press in the last decade

"In the first five months of the year, there was a 59% increase in threats against news outlets and journalists compared to 2018. (...) From Jan. 1 to May 20, 2022, FLIP recorded 97 threats against the media and journalists. In other words, one reporter was threatened every day and a half. In this same […]

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Mexico's CNDH recommends implementing 'comprehensive policy' to protect journalists

"The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) [of Mexico] considered it necessary for authorities to implement a 'comprehensive policy' beyond the existing protection mechanism to protect journalists. 'It is not enough to reinforce it (the mechanism) in terms of budget or functions if a comprehensive State policy is not built. It is necessary to do something […]

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Mexico's president launches against Jorge Ramos during his morning conference after criticism from the journalist

"Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, by its Spanish acronym) revealed the alleged salary in the millions of journalist Jorge Ramos, whom he challenged to explain why he receives so much money. AMLO said this in response to criticism from the Univision host against him for his position on the Summit of the Americas. […]

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Paraguay: Following allegations of sexual harassment of journalists, Albavisión media group announces measures

"After a series of allegations of sexual harassment of women journalists in the television channels of the same group, SNT and C9N, who were even forced to resign because of the situation, the Albavisión network announced that it will take measures in favor of the accusers. The Albavisión group, which includes the TV channels SNT […]