"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 […]
"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 […]
“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 […]
"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, […]
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 […]
“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." [...] […]
"Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho is now also Spanish. This Tuesday [Nov. 16], the Council of Ministers of the European country has granted nationality by naturalization to the writer and social activist 'due to the obvious risk to her life' for which she is residing in Madrid with a temporary authorization. 'Her personal situation is vulnerable, […]
"A judge's order from Peruvian businessman and politician César Acuña Peralta negotiates the seizure of the assets of investigative journalist Christopher Acosta Alfaro. The action requests that Acosta report assets in his possession, with which the payment of civil damages that Acuña demands for the alleged crime of aggravated defamation is guaranteed. The complaint is […]
"The Ministerial Police arrested three people allegedly involved in the crime against Jacinto Romero, a journalist from Veracruz. He was shot dead in the Ixtaczoquitlán municipality on August 19 of this year. One of those arrested, Roberto "N," is councilor elect of the Morena party in this municipality, according to authorities. The State Attorney General's Office […]
"Director and owner of the media outlet Presencia Hidalguense, Beatriz Flores, publicly denounced that her house and her car were shot at dawn. ... She explained that she had previously been threatened for publishing an article related to cattle theft, so she had been warned that failure to remove the post would have consequences." Read […]