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Violence Against Journalists

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Journalist among at least five killed in Haiti

"Gunmen killed a journalist, a political activist and at least three other people in a rash of overnight shootings blamed on street gangs in Haiti's capital, the government said Wednesday. Photographs of reporter Diego Charles lying dead on the ground and of Antoinette Duclair in her car circulated on Haitian social media. Duclair was dropping […]

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Police attack reporters in Mexico City and are removed from postings

"On Tuesday [June 29] morning, reporters from Grupo Imagen, Multimedios, and FOROtv were attacked by auxiliary police and bank employees in Mexico City In one of the events, the security elements detained and attacked Grupo Imagen reporters in the Historic Center when they were making recordings in the Cathedral." Read original article (in Spanish)

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Three police officers suspended after attacking journalists covering protests in Bogotá

"Three agents of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Colombian Police were suspended from their positions for attacking two journalists and a young man this Tuesday (06.29.2021) during a protest in Bogotá, authorities reported. The attack went viral on social networks thanks to a video where three riot police […]

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Four journalists threatened with death in Córdoba, Colombia

"The Ombudsman's Office and the Montería Journalists' Circle rejected the threats against journalists Rafael Gómez, Édgar Astudillo, Organis Cuadrado and Rafael Moreno, who have been covering news about public order in Alto Sinú and San Jorge, where there are presence of groups outside the law. Rafael Gómez and Édgar Astudillo were threatened with death through […]

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Before his murder, Mexican journalist was using RSF to beg authorities for protection

"The director of the Noticias Minuto a Minuto news website and Panorama Pacífico TV in the southern state of Oaxaca, Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was in close contact with RSF in the weeks prior to his death. A specialist in covering local politics, crime and court cases, he knew another attack against him was imminent and […]

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Annoyed, Bolsonaro offends Globo reporter and talks about 'scoundrel' media

"This Monday (June 21, 2021) [Brazilian] President Jair Bolsonaro got angry and verbally attacked reporter Laurene Santos, from TV Vanguarda, an affiliate of Globo in São Paulo. The president told the journalist to 'shut up' and stated that Globo does 'scoundrel journalism' after being questioned about wearing a mask and about the fine received for […]

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Peruvian Foreign Press Association repudiates harassment of correspondents

"The Peruvian Foreign Press Association (APEP, for its acronym in Spanish), an organization with more than 50 years of history and almost eighty members, has repudiated what it considered a campaign of 'systematic harassment and defamation' against some of its members. In a statement, it highlights the cases of Jacqueline Fowks, a contributor to this […]

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Brazil: Journalists face homophobic attacks and prosecutor's office investigates priest

"A declaration [of love] by reporter Erick Rianelli to his husband, reporter Pedro Figueiredo, on account of Valentine's Day, went viral. A cafeteria owner in Brasília and a priest from Mato Grosso attacked the TV Globo journalists. (...) The public prosecutor's office of the state of Mato Grosso opened an investigation into the case and […]

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One of the murderers of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez is sentenced to 32 years

"Finally, more than three years after his arrest, Juan Francisco 'P', el Quillo, received a sentence of 32 years and 3 months in prison, in addition to the payment of reparation for the murder of Javier Valdez Cárdenas, a correspondent for La Jornada in Sinaloa [and co-founder of Ríodoce]. [...] The Special Prosecutor's Office for […]

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Colombian journalist Pincen Mora survives shooting attempt at home in Medellín

"On June 8, at about 5 p.m., a group of eight unidentified men on motorcycles stopped at the home and office of [Pincen] Mora, editor of the independent Facebook-based local news outlet Extrema Noticias, in the city of Medellín, and demanded he come outside and speak with them, according to news reports and the journalist, […]

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Mexican journalist Gustavo Sánchez shot to death on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

"On the morning of this Thursday [June 17, 2021] journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was shot to death in the Morro Mazatán community, belonging to the municipality of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, in the region of the Isthmus of Oaxaca, as confirmed by the Ombudsman's Office. [...] Sánchez Cabrera was a reporter and editor for Nota Roja […]

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Former mayor sentenced to 8 years for the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach in Chihuahua, Mexico

"The former mayor of Chínipas, Chihuahua, Hugo Amed Schultz was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his responsibility in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach, which occurred in March 2017. According to the organization Propuesta Cívica, in a hearing related to the request for an abbreviated procedure, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes committed […]