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Violence Against Journalists

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Peru: Protesters attack journalists during march demanding Pedro Castillo leave the presidency

"In Plaza San Martín (in Lima, Peru), there were several attacks between those who request the vacancy of the head of state (President Pedro Castillo) and those who defend the current government. They even tried to attack journalists. […] Also, a group of demonstrators in favor of this march tried to attack the press. In […]

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Mexico: House and offices of journalist under protection mechanism raided

"This week, both the office and home of Jesús Humberto González Deleija, photojournalist for El Mañana de Reynosa and recently host of the program La Comezón de la Raza, were raided by unknown individuals in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The journalist, who has been the victim of aggressions both by authorities and by alleged members of organized […]

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Journalists from 10 Mexican states gather and demand justice for their murdered colleagues

"More than 100 independent journalists attended the National Meeting of Journalists on Saturday (March 5, 2022) in the Mexican city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, state of Chiapas (southeast). They demanded a stop to the attacks [against journalists] and pointed out that many of these involve government officials. […] Al the meeting, they also […]

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Journalist Juan Carlos Muñiz is murdered in Zacatecas; he is the seventh press professional murdered this year in Mexico

"Journalist Juan Carlos Muñiz, a contributor to the newspaper Testigo Minero, was murdered this Friday, March, 4, in the municipality of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. According to the media outlet, Juan Carlos was known in the area as Rigoberto or el TX and had collaborated for years with Testigo Minero and other media, and at the same […]

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Brazil: Businessman threatens Metropoles journalists on social media: 'I'm going after you, get ready'

“Businessman Alexandre Pantazis publicly threatened three journalists from Metrópoles this Wednesday afternoon (March 2). In two publications made from his personal profile on Instagram, Pantazis attacked the journalists. Pantazis's messages were published on the official profile of Metrópoles, in the comments field of the article that quotes him: Mansão de sócio dos Pantazis é auctioned […]

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Peruvian journalist Gastón Medina receives death threat note, bullet at his outlet

"Peruvian authorities must thoroughly investigate a death threat against TV journalist Gastón Medina, bring those responsible to justice, and guarantee his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On February 23, Medina, the owner and news director of the independent Cadena Sur television station in the southern city of Ica, arrived at the station […]

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Journalists in Guatemala: 'During the Giammattei presidency, journalistic work has been criminalized'

"Despite the complaints, the Guatemalan government assures that 'at no time has it carried out acts of censorship towards the media, reserving only the right of clarification so as not to distort the information.' Sonny Figueroa is not afraid. For one reason only: the truth. Despite threats against him, including death threats, the 29-year-old Guatemalan […]

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Brazil: Reporter is intimidated live by two subjects who prevented her from covering transportation strike in Rio de Janeiro

"The reporter Branca Andrade, from the SBT Rio program, was intimidated by two unidentified men, who prevented her from doing a report at the Alvorada [bus] Terminal, in Barra de Tijuca, in the west of Rio de Janeiro, about a public transport strike in that city. Andrade was broadcasting live on the SBT Rio program […]

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Mexico: Journalist Jorge Camero Zazueta killed in Sonora

"Jorge Luis Camero Zazueta, nicknamed El Choche, was shot to death on Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Libertad neighborhood in Sonora. The journalist worked for the portal El Informativo and until two weeks ago he worked as private secretary to Mayor Luis Fuentes Aguilar at the Empalme City Hall. (...) According to local media, the […]

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Haiti police open fire on demonstrators, one journalist killed

"Haitian police on Wednesday opened fire on demonstrators demanding higher wages and killed a reporter, according to witnesses and a hospital official in the impoverished Caribbean island nation. Two other journalists were shot and wounded at the scene in Port-au-Prince, where hundreds of Haitians gathered to call for a higher minimum wage than the one […]

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Mexican TV host Michelle Simon was murdered, her body found

"Mexican television host and model Michelle Pérez Tadeo, known as Michelle Simon, was found dead this Tuesday, Feb. 22 in Santo Tomás Ajusco, in the Tlalpan district (in the southern part of Mexico City), as reported by authorities. The Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City is already investigating the case as a femicide although it does […]