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Violence Against Journalists

Attack on journalist's home in Paraguay

"Speaking with ABC Cardinal this Friday, Commissioner Ramón Morales, deputy commander of the National Police, spoke about the immediate measures the police are taking following the shooting of journalist Carlos Benítez's home in Lambaré [Paraguay] last night [Sept. 18]. This was the second such attack against a journalist this week in the city. Unknown individuals […]

Twelve women journalists suffered some form of violence between January and June in Bolivia

"A report released on Monday [Sept. 15] by the Circle of Women Journalists (CMP, for its Spanish acronym) in La Paz documented 45 attacks against the press in Bolivia between January and June 2025. Of these, 12 involved women journalists who experienced some form of violence, most often while reporting in the field. The findings […]

Family confirms location of detained Venezuelan journalist Rory Branker after 206 days of enforced disappearance

"After 206 days of an enforced disappearance that kept his family and colleagues on tenterhooks, the location of journalist Rory Branker has been confirmed. He is being held in the cells of the Bolivarian National Police in Boleíta (Zone 7), Caracas, Venezuela. His mother was able to see him for the first time, as confirmed […]

Journalist in Veracruz, Mexico, says he was threatened by official following publication of report

"Journalist and director of the website JDCNoticias, Jesús Daniel Cruz, filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office after receiving a threat from the legal representative of the San Rafael City Council [in the Mexican state of Veracruz] and also the Attorney for the Defense of Minors. At a press conference, he explained that […]

FLIP warns that, four years after Inter-American Court ruling in Jineth Bedoya Lima case, Colombian State has still not complied with it

"Before journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima entered the [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] headquarters in Bogotá, where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearing on her case was being held, the Prosecutor's Office linked former directors of the [Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol] and [National Penitentiary and Prison Institute], among other former officials, with accusations of […]

Owner of Mexican news site survives assassination attempt in Chihuahua

"Last Wednesday [Sept. 10] night, emergency numbers received a report of an armed attack on a journalist's home in Aldama [Chihuahua]. According to reports from the Aldama municipal authority, which was the first to respond, two individuals on a motorcycle arrived at the home and called the victim by name, but fortunately, he was unharmed. […]

Mayor of Lima, Peru, threatens journalist Gustavo Gorriti

“During the inauguration of the still-unfinished Via Expresa Sur megaproject, Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga held a press conference, during which he attacked journalist Gustavo Gorriti and threatened to kill him using slang from the Peruvian underworld. 'We have to take this gentleman out once and for all,' he said, indicating that Gorriti would be […]

The IAPA condemns threats against Haitian journalist Joseph Guyler Delva

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today strongly condemned threats against the personal safety of Haitian journalist and press freedom advocate Joseph Guyler C. Delva, who was forced to suspend his professional activities amid escalating intimidation. Delva, secretary general of SOS Journalistes Haiti and IAPA vice chair of the Committee on Freedom of the Press […]

Honduran Armed Forces accuse El Heraldo newspaper of 'lying'

"The Armed Forces [in Honduras] are once again attacking EL HERALDO after it disclosed, through confidential sources, many of the internal movements within that institution. Following revelations by EL HERALDO Plus' Investigative Team about the departure of Brigadier General Ramiro Muñoz and how the high command is arranging things so that the institution follows the […]

Exiled Venezuelan journalist denounces threats of kidnapping against his family

"Venezuelan journalist and activist Melanio Escobar claimed that he has received new threats against his family from Chavista militants, whom he accused of being members of the Cartel de los Soles and the Tren de Aragua. 'The Chavistas who are members of the Cartel de los Soles and the Tren de Aragua threaten me daily […]

Cuban journalist Camila Acosta reports she is being surveilled outside her home

"Independent journalist Camila Acosta reported this Sunday [Sept. 7] that two State Security agents are constantly monitoring her home in Havana [Cuba]. In a post on her Facebook profile, she shared photos of the alleged repressors and explained that ‘the police car (there is at least one), according to friends and neighbors, is nearby, waiting […]

Man accused of coordinating hit on Colombian journalist Gustavo Chicangana is arrested

"Colombia's National Police captured Manuel Cantuni Arias, alias 'Cartulina' in [the municipality of] San José del Guaviare. He is accused of coordinating the hit against journalist Gustavo Chicangana and his wife, Ana Milena Torres, on July 5. The detainee, who allegedly acted as the criminal coordinator of the ‘Jorge Suárez Briceño’ bloc of the FARC […]