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Violence Against Journalists

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Businessman convicted of murder of Brazilian journalist Valério Luiz must financially compensate widow

“Maurício Sampaio has been ordered to pay more than 700,000 reais [US$126,000] to the widow of Brazilian broadcaster Valério Luiz. The businessman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the journalist's murder. [...] In her lawsuit, Valério Luiz's widow, Lorena Nascimento e Silva de Oliveira, claimed that she and the radio broadcaster had been […]

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Guatemalan court grants house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, but he will remain in jail

“This Wednesday, May. 15, a Guatemalan court granted house arrest to prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, imprisoned for alleged money laundering in 2022, under the administration of President Alejandro Giammattei, of whom he was a great critic. Although the judge considered there was no risk of escape or interference, the journalist will remain in […]

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Colombian journalist says he was victim of shooting

“Journalist Cristian Cabrales, of the [Colombian] digital media outlet Plato y la Región Noticias, denounced an attack against him. In the early hours of Aug. 25, on the road from Plato to Tenerife, in [the department of] Magdalena, an unknown individual on a motorcycle shot at the journalist several times. Cabrales was returning from a […]

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IPYS suffers cyberattack during presentation of its report on judicial harassment against journalists in Peru

"On Aug. 23, 2024, IPYS' online presentation of its report on the criminalization of journalists as a way to intimidate the press that investigates power was attacked by trolls who managed to shut down the event. The event was taking place normally until the presentation of [journalist Rosario] Romaní, who told about the judicial harassment […]

Mexican journalist Ariel Grajales shot in his home in the state of Chiapas

"The journalist Ariel Grajales Rodas, who was shot early Wednesday morning [August 21] at his home in the Esquipulas neighborhood of Villaflores, was reported to be in 'stable' condition, according to the Chiapas Attorney General's Office. The agency announced that it urgently requested the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, the Investigative Police, and municipal […]

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UNESCO condemns murder of journalist in the Mexican state of Guanajuato

“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) condemned Monday [Aug. 19] the murder of journalist Alejandro Alfredo Martinez Noguez, which happened Aug. 4 in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and reported the entry of the case into its Observatory of Murdered Journalists. Unesco Director General Audrey Azoulay urged Mexican authorities to conduct 'an […]

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Human rights commission issues protective order for Venezuelan journalist Roland Carreño

"On August 17, 2024, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopted Resolution 50/2024, by which it granted precautionary measures for the benefit of Roland Oswaldo Carreño Gutiérrez after considering that he is in a serious and urgent risk of irreparable harm in Venezuela. According to the request, Roland Carreño, journalist, political activist and national leader […]

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Peruvian entertainment TV presenter says that journalists on her team received death threats

Peruvian TV presenter Magaly Medina said on her program “Magaly TV, la Firme” that two of its reporters, identified as Nataly Julca and Gianfranco Pérez, received death threats after covering an encounter between Christian Cueva, player of the Peruvian National Soccer Team, and singer Pamela Franco. According to the newspaper El Comercio, Julca received intimidating […]

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Peruvian Supreme Court upholds sentence against former minister in murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos

“The former Minister of the Interior [of Peru], Daniel Urresti, will continue life behind bars. This Wednesday [Aug. 14], [the Transitory Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court] ratified his 12-year prison sentence for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos. [...] The Supreme Court determined that the crime 'constitutes, without the slightest doubt, a serious violation […]

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70 attacks on press freedom in Venezuela over 15 days, Reporters Without Borders says

“In addition to President Maduro’s ban on X (formerly Twitter) and the messaging app Signal, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) found at least 70 violations of press freedom committed by the authorities since the presidential elections on July 28, 2024. Both national and foreign journalists face a climate of hostility and repression, marked by arbitrary arrests, […]

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Colombian court rules against police for abuse of journalist

"A court in Bogota ruled against the Colombian government for the police's detention and torture of journalist Manuel Santiago López, while he was covering the national strike of 2021 in Duitama, Boyacá. El Espectador reports. The state, the Ministry of Defense, and the National Police face an economic penalty. However, Santiago López told El Espectador […]

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IAPA calls for justice in 1999 murder of Colombian journalist Jaime Garzón

"On Tuesday [Aug. 13], the 25th anniversary of the murder of Colombian journalist and comedian Jaime Garzón, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) pays tribute to him and urges an end to impunity in the case, which has not brought to justice all those implicated in his murder. The IAPA remembers the popular journalist and […]