“The FLIP [Foundation for Press Freedom] expresses its concern for the extortive retention and constraint to which journalist Josué Nieves, director of the digital media outlet N Noticias Saravena, has been subjected. The journalist denounced that he was detained by FARC dissidents and forced to technically assist in the recording of a survival test of […]
"The National Union of Press Workers reported this Friday [Sept. 10] that Chilean-Venezuelan communicator Braulio Jatar was declared innocent, for which he is granted complete freedom. [...] Jatar, director of the site Reporte Confidencial, was arrested on Sept. 3, 2016 after publishing about a protest against Nicolás Maduro on the island of Margarita. " […]
“Last Thursday, Sept. 9, there were strong demonstrations in Bogotá in response to the one year anniversary of the murder of Javier Ordóñez. In the midst of riots, vandalism and clashes with the Mobile Anti-riot Squad of the National Police (Esmad), it was learned that a photojournalist was injured with a projectile. RCN reported that […]
"When deciding the appeal of Juan Carlos Moreno Ochoa, alias El Larry, for the murder of Miroslava Breach Velducea, correspondent for La Jornada and collaborator of Norte de Juárez, a unitary court increased his sentence from 50 to 51 years and three months in prison and the payment of compensation to indirect victims to 8,120,000 […]
"Protesters twice prevented a video team from Jovem Pan from recording images during the coverage of the demonstrations in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) on Tuesday (Sept. 7, 2021), in São Paulo. The president's supporters even hurled bottles and pieces of wood at the radio professionals. 'Fortunately, we were not injured,' said reporter […]
"Exercising journalism in our country [Mexico] can cause censorship, intimidation, smear campaigns or threats, which can escalate to physical violence, attacks, homicide or femicide. In this case, women journalists experience a double condition of risk: the first linked to their gender that places them in great inequalities compared to men; and the second, discrimination when […]
"A group of Jair Bolsonaro's supporters tried to invade the headquarters of the Ministry of Health, in Brasília, this Wednesday morning (8). The incident took place the day after the pro-government and coup-supporting demonstrations promoted by the president on the Sept. 7 holiday. According to a member of the ministry who followed the confusion, the […]
"On Wednesday morning (Sept. 1), around 400 elements of the National Guard and another 500 from the National Migration Institute (INM) attacked migrants, journalists and activists in a new raid in Mapastepec, Chiapas [Mexico]. ... Journalists, as well as elements of the National Human Rights Commission and activists were attacked with the intention that they […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued resolution 69/2021 on Aug. 28, 2021, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of José Alberto Tejada Echeverri and Jhonatan Buitrago, in Colombia, after considering that they are in a situation of seriousness and urgency of risk of irreparable damage to their rights. The request indicates […]
"Last Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation made a new decision in the investigation carried out into the murder of Eustorgio Colmenares Baptista, director of the newspaper La Opinion, which occurred on March 12, 1993 at his home in Cúcuta [Colombia]. Through the intermediary of the First Specialized Prosecutor's Office of […]
"Journalist Mario Pinto from MP Noticias suffered an attack with an explosive device on the night of Aug. 25 at his home, located in the north center of Machala [Ecuador]. At 10:15 p.m. a neighbor of the communicator began to shout towards the windows of the house that a stick of dynamite had been thrown. […]
"A journalist and a blogger were targets of attacks in Magé, Baixada Fluminense, and the police do not rule out that the case has a political character. The most recent attack took place on Tuesday (Aug. 17). Journalist Vinicius Lourenço only escaped because the car is armored. Four shots were fired, one at the driver's […]