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Violence Against Journalists

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Peruvian journalist receives threatening messages, demands to stop reporting on local officials

"On Dec. 1, Jairo Roque Gómez, editor of the independent Diario Hechicera newspaper in the northern city of Tumbes, published a story about possible irregularities in the contract process to build a public school in Contralmirante Villar, a nearby township, according to Peru’s National Journalists Association and Roque who spoke to CPJ via messaging app. […]

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Unidentified attackers beat Cuban journalist Mabel Páez at her home

"On Dec. 7, at about 8:30 p.m., two unidentified men with their faces covered broke into Mabel Páez’s home in the western province of Artemisa and attacked her, according to news reports and Normando Hernández, general manager of the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP), who spoke to CPJ via messaging […]

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IACHR grants precautionary measures in favor of journalist María Lilly Delgado Talavera in Nicaragua

“The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued, on Dec. 8, 2021, Resolution 101/21, granting precautionary measures in favor of María Lilly Delgado Talavera, after considering that she is in serious and urgent situational risk of irreparable damage to her rights in Nicaragua. According to the requestors, as a result of her journalistic work in […]

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Mexican State will acknowledge responsibility for the disappearance of journalist Alfredo Jiménez Mota

"In a historical event, the first of its kind to be reached in Mexico in the case of a disappeared journalist, this Wednesday [Dec. 9] in Empalme, Sonora will be the signing of the Friendly Settlement Agreement and Public Act of Acknowledgement of Responsibility, by the Mexican State to the indirect victims of the disappearance […]

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Haitian gang frees journalist Alexander Gálvez 9 days after abduction

“Alexander Gálvez, the Haitian correspondent who was abducted by gangs in Haiti, was released this Monday [Dec. 6] after being deprived of his liberty for nine days. As reported by the Haitian media outlet Radio Télé Métronome, the abduction of the reporter from Grupo de Medios Telemicro had been perpetrated by the criminal gang ‘400 […]

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Killer of Paraguayan journalist Pablo Medina is sentenced to 36 years in prison

"The Júri Court, in Curitiba, Brazil, sentenced hitman Flavio Acosta Riveros to 36 years in prison for the murder of Paraguayan journalist Pablo Medina and his assistant Antonia Almada, which took place in 2014. (...) Pablo Medina and his assistant were ambushed and killed on Oct. 16, 2017, in Villa Ygatimí, Canindeyú department in Paraguay. […]

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Journalists suffered a gender-related attack every 3.9 days in Brazil, according to Abraji

"In today's Brazil, marked by political radicalization and constant attacks against press freedom, being a communicator is a challenge. Although this statement applies to Brazilian journalists as a whole, elements such as gender and sexuality makes the task of journalism in the country even more difficult. To give visibility to this problem, the Brazilian Association […]

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Journalist attacked while covering teen femicide trial in Argentina

"Magalí Espósito, journalist for LV 19 Radio Nacional Malargüe, [from Mendoza, Argentina] told radio show Muchas Gracias [Thank you very much] about the attack she suffered in the San Rafael courts while she was covering the trial for the femicide of [the teen] Nélida Villar. The journalist recounted what happened during her coverage while she tried […]

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Police in Puno, Peru attack and detain a journalist from La República​, newspaper reports

“La República journalist Liubomir Fernandez was physically attacked and handcuffed by Police in Puno on Nov. 26, while he was covering the takeover of the Huáscar Polytechnic School in Puno. The journalist was broadcasting live and collecting statements from area residents who condemned this action. There was a police contingent on site. The video shows […]

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Mexican government investigated journalist, expert, and defender for massacre in Tamaulipas, reveals WP

"The then Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR, by its Spanish acronym) investigated the journalist Marcela Turati, the defender, Anla Lorena Delgadillo, and the anthropologist Mercedes Doretti, who investigated the massacre of 196 victims found in clandestine graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, according to court documents obtained by The Washington Post. According to this US newspaper, […]

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El Salvador: Apple sends state-sponsored spy alert to 12 members of El Faro

The US company Apple sent an email "to a very small number of users" of iPhone phones in which it warns of "possible espionage" and points out "attackers sponsored by the State" as suspects. Through the email that was sent on Tuesday Nov. 23 in the afternoon, the company described its message as urgent due […]

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Argentina: Hooded individuals attack the building of the Argentine newspaper Clarín with Molotov cocktails

“A group of at least nine people attacked the main entrance of the Clarín Group building, in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires, with Molotov cocktails. The sequence was filmed and an investigation is already underway by the Federal Court No. 9, led by Judge Luis Rodríguez, who classified the case as "public intimidation." [...] […]