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Violence Against Journalists

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President of Mexico aggravates the risk of journalists' work from the National Palace, experts say

"'Biased,' 'unfair,' 'sensationalist,' and now a 'who is who in false news?' Are some of the expressions that the president [of Mexico] Andrés Manuel López Obrador has launched at the press in his two years of government. Although the president says that he does not stigmatize, experts warn that he does and that it even […]

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Ecuador: Relatives of El Comercio journalists murdered in 2018 ask Constitutional Court to declassify case

“Relatives of Javier Ortega, Paúl Rivas and Efraín Segarra filed a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court (CC) [of Ecuador] to order the declassification of the minutes of meetings of the State Public Security Council (Cosepe, for its acronym in Spanish). Thus they hope to learn information on the abduction and murder of the El Comercio […]

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Mexico: Journalist Ricardo López assassinated in Sonora is second press worker killed in country in less than a week

"Violence against journalists in Mexico is intensifying. Journalist Ricardo López, director of the InfoGuaymas portal, in Sonora, in northern Mexico, was shot to death this Thursday [July 22], in the parking lot of a supermarket. The communicator, who turned 47 on July 22, had denounced in a press conference that he had received threats from […]

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Brazilian state representative ordered to compensate journalist Patricia Campos Mello

"The state representative of Ceará André Fernandes was sentenced to compensate journalist Patrícia Campos Mello, from Folha de S. Paulo, R$50 thousand (about US $9,500)  for misogynist attacks directed at the press professional. The decision, in the first level, was handed down on Monday (July 19) by judge Vitor Frederico Kümpel, of the 27th Court of […]

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Mexican journalist Abraham Mendoza killed while leaving gym in Michoacán

"Journalist Abraham Mendoza was murdered this Monday [July 19] by armed men as he was leaving a gym in Morelia, the capital of Michoacán. The EXA-Morelia host was leaving the establishment located in the Gertrudis Bocanegra neighborhood, in this city, when he was shot. Three men who were traveling in a compact car were detained […]

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Murdered journalist’s phone number selected by Mexican NSO client

"The hitmen came for Cecilio Pineda Birto as he swung in a hammock at a carwash, waiting for his pickup to be cleaned. The 38-year-old freelance reporter was shot dead on 2 March 2017 in Ciudad Altamirano, a town in the southern Mexican region of Tierra Caliente – a battleground for rival organised crime factions. […]

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National Association of Journalists of Peru condemns attacks on journalists during demonstration

“The National Association of Journalists of Peru condemns the attacks on journalists during a demonstration of Fujimori sympathizers in the streets of downtown Lima on Wednesday, July 14, in the afternoon and evening. In this protest, members of the self-styled group 'La Resistencia' attacked Fátima Chávez of Canal N; Anghela Torres, Karina Reynafarge Herrada, Ronald […]

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IACHR adopts precautionary measures in favor of Nicaraguan journalists

"On July 11, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 52/21, in which it granted precautionary measures in favour of Willih Francisco Narváez González and Alberto José Miranda Herrera, after considering that they find themselves in a situation of serious and urgent risk of irreparable damage to their rights in Nicaragua. According […]

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Chilean police shoot 2 journalists with rubber bullets at activist’s funeral procession

"On July 7, at about 6 p.m., agents with the Chilean Investigative Police shot rubber bullets at [journalists Vicente Rojas López and Felipe García] while they were covering the funeral procession of activist Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda as it passed in front of the Investigative Police headquarters in Santiago, the capital, hitting García in the face […]

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Journalist previously threatened is targeted by gunfire in northeastern Pará, Brazil

"A journalist from Moju, northeastern Pará, was shot at on Friday night (July 9). According to residents, two suspects shot at least seven times at the victim, who was reportedly shot in the chest and face on his way home, after attending an Adventist church service. He was taken to Belém, where he must receive […]

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Cuban regime represses international press during demonstrations

"The repressive forces of the Cuban regime, in their eagerness to contain the popular demonstrations that take place in about thirty localities, also charge against reporters and photographers from the international press. Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Ramón Espinosa was one of the most affected. An image of Adalberto Roque, from AFP, shows him with a […]

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyer attacks UOL journalist

"Late Friday afternoon (July 9), President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyer, Frederick Wassef, sent a message to this columnist's Whatsapp attacking her personally and telling her, among other things, to move to China. 'Do what you do here at work, to see what the wonderful political system you love so much would do to you. Back in […]