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Violence Against Journalists

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Peruvian Presidency apologizes to journalist who was attacked by personnel guarding Pedro Castillo

“The Presidency of the Republic expressed its apologies to the TV Peru reporter who was forcibly removed by the security personnel who were guarding the head of state, Pedro Castillo, this afternoon while he was moving on foot to the Municipality of Lima. [...] Tiffany Tipiani, while trying to collect the statements that Pedro Castillo […]

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Paraguayan state acquiesces in lawsuit in case of journalist Santiago Leguizamón

“More than 30 years after [Santiago] Leguizamón's assassination, [Paraguayan] President Mario Abdo Benítez announced that the lawsuit filed by the communicator's family, in which they accuse the Paraguayan State of inaction to clarify the case, will not be appealed. The case is being processed in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights after the Inter-American Commission […]

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Mexican reporter Maria Teresa Montaño abducted, robbed, and threatened in Toluca

"On the afternoon of August 13, three unidentified men abducted [Maria Teresa Montaño Delgado], a freelance investigative reporter, as she attempted to board a public bus in a suburb of Toluca, the capital of the state of Mexico, according to news reports and the journalist, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview. The men […]

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Mexican journalist Jacinto Romero Flores is murdered in Veracruz

"The authorities of the state of Veracruz in Mexico are investigating the murder of journalist Jacinto Romero Flores, the Secretary of State Public Security, Hugo Gutiérrez Maldonado, reported this Thursday [Aug. 19, 2021]. [...] The organization Reporters Without Borders denounced on its Twitter account in Spanish that Romero had received 'prior threats,' although it did […]

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IACHR expands precautionary measures in favor of journalist Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena in Nicaragua

"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 61/2021 on Aug. 11, 2021, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena, after considering that he is in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable damage to his rights. According to the request, Mr. Mora continued […]

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Journalist attacked in a pro-Bolsonaro demonstration for using red cell phone

"Journalist Reinaldo Galhardo gave a statement this Thursday (Aug. 12, 2021), at the station of the 2nd Police District of Sorocaba, in the interior of São Paulo, about the aggressions he suffered in a demonstration in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) and for the printed vote. The owner of site Station News Sorocabahad […]

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Journalist Marisol Balladares and her daughter flee Nicaragua and fight to enter the United States

"Journalist Marisol Balladares Blanco and her daughter Gloria Elena Escorcia Balladres are the most recent faces of the persecution and the collateral effects of the harassment against freedom of expression and freedom of the press suffered by journalists in Nicaragua. Balladares and her daughter left everything behind in their native country due to the harassment they […]

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IACHR will study the case of journalists Julio Daniel Chaparro and Jorge Torres who were killed in Colombia

"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP), representatives of the Chaparro and Torres families, celebrate the decision taken by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to study the case of the journalists Julio Daniel Chaparro and Jorge Torres, who were assassinated on April 24, 1991. This decision is a […]

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Jalisco New Generation Cartel threatens media over coverage of Michoacán, Mexico

“The Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel has directly threatened Mexican journalism. At dawn this Monday [Aug. 9], a video began to circulate on social networks in which, in the name of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, leader of the drug trafficking group, several media belonging to Grupo Multimedios were threatened for their coverage in the […]

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Five Mexican journalists join complaint against NSO Group, creator of Pegasus

"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported this Friday that 17 journalists, including five Mexicans and one Spaniard, have joined in its complaint against the Israeli company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus spy program that was allegedly used by different states to control their movements. Among the complainants is the Spaniard Ignacio Cembrero, "most likely monitored […]

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In Mexico: Proceso magazine initiates indirect amparo proceedings against special prosecutor in Regina Martínez murder case

"The amparo proceeding is a consequence of the refusal of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Attention to Crimes Committed Against Freedom of Expression (FEADLE, for its acronym in Spanish) to recognize Proceso magazine as a victim in the Preliminary Inquiry 034 / FEADLE / 2012, which is being investigated for the murder of journalist Regina […]

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Videos show the bust of a radio broadcaster who was killed in 2015 being vandalized in Brazil

"The bust of radio host Gleydson Carvalho, who was killed in 2015 while hosting a radio show, was vandalized in Martinópole [Brazil] for at least two consecutive days. The statue was hit with axes and tied to a rope to be brought down by a 4x4 vehicle. [...] Radio broadcaster Gleydson Carvalho was murdered on […]