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Violence Against Journalists

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Protests in Mexico: Dozens of cities cry out for a stop to violence against journalists

"Journalists and citizens from all over Mexico wen out this Tues. Jan. 25 to protest in more than thirty cities to denounce the violence suffered by journalists. Mexico is the most dangerous country in the world to practice the profession, with dozens of murders every year and hundreds of attacks. Impunity reigns. Every year, around […]

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IAPA condemns recent murders of three journalists in Mexico and Honduras

"The Inter-American Press Association asked the Mexican and Honduran authorities to quickly and thoroughly investigate the motives behind the murders of three reporters in recent days. The organization reiterated its complaint about the lack of efficiency of the protection and safety mechanisms for journalists. IAPA's president Jorge Canahuati expressed his condolences to the families and […]

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Brazilian journalist punched at entrance of the station broadcasted bloodied to denounce attack

“The Prato Limpo (clean plate) show host, Daniel Carniel, claimed to have been attacked on Friday afternoon (Jan. 14) at the door of Adesso TV. He was punched and kicked at the entrance. With a bloody face, Carniel went live and recounted the aggression, defined by him as an "attack." (...) ‘In my show I […]

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Anti-vaccine group intimidates press teams in Bolivia with firecrackers

"Press teams of Red Uno, Univalle, Los Tiempos, and others were intimidated on the morning of Jan. 18, with the explosion of firecrackers (fireworks) and stone-throwing by a group of people who said they were against the vaccination card requirement. The protesters blocked traffic on Petrolera Avenue, kilometer 6, south of the city of Cochabamba, […]

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IACHR Condemns Murder of Honduran Indigenous Leader and Journalist

"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE) condemn the murder of the Lenca indigenous leader and community journalist Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera in Honduras. It urges the State of Honduras to investigate the events in a prompt and diligent manner. Likewise, it asks […]

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Two journalists murdered in one week in Mexico

"Two journalists were murdered in Mexico in a week. Freelance photojournalist Margarito Martínez was shot on Monday Jan. 17 in the border city of Tijuana, the same day the murder of another journalist in the state of Veracruz was confirmed. Martínez, who worked as a police photographer for several national and international media outlets and […]

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Mexico: Coahuila civil police injures journalist and damages work equipment to prevent him from documenting police abuses

"In the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 9, hooded elements of the Civil Police of Coahuila (PCC, by its Spanish acronym) attached to the Secretariat of Public Security, injured, threatened and damaged the work equipment of the Vanguardia media reporter, Daniel Leal de Koster, in Saltillo, Coahuila. (...) When the coverage began, the policemen sought […]

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Abraji condemns threat suffered by Intercept Brasil editor-in-chief

"Editor-in-chief of the website Intercept Brasil, journalist Leandro Demori was threatened by a man this Sunday, Jan. 9, while walking through a tourist neighborhood with his wife and three-year-old son, in Balneário Camboriú. […] Abraji vehemently condemns the threat suffered by Leandro Demori, which occurred in a moment of fragility, when the journalist was with […]

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El País remembers journalists who died in Mexico in a violent way in 2021

"In 2021, nine journalists were killed in Mexico. This number ranks the country as the deadliest in the world for the press, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). [...] In 2021, [Mexico] was the sixth country with the most unsolved crimes; the five [countries] at the top are at war. 'The conclusion after […]