"Reporter Lucas Lobo, correspondent for Rede Amazônica in Humaitá, was attacked by former mayor Herivâneo Seixas, this Thursday (July 8). The professional registered a police report. The attack took place on the street, in front of a store owned by the former mayor. The reporter sought out Oliveira to comment on the investigation by the […]
"Four photojournalists denounced having been attacked by a military police officer and by security guards from ViaQuatro, the concessionaire responsible for the operation and maintenance of Line 4-Yellow of the subway, while covering the demonstration against President Jair Bolsonaro in São Paulo. Paulo, last Saturday, July 3, 2021." Read original article (in Portuguese)
"Deputy inspector Martínez Velásquez hit journalist Jorge Beltrán Luna while the latter was covering the recovery of the body of a student killed in Apopa on Tuesday [July 6] by gang members, the journalist denounced on Twitter. 'Today I have been attacked with a slap by deputy inspector Martínez Velásquez,' is part of what Beltrán […]
"Journalist Jhony Urgiles and cameraman Diego Vélez were broadcasting live the newscast of the digital media outlet DulzuraTV on June 28 when they were assaulted and verbally and physically attacked by two individuals who entered the channel's facilities in the province of Cañar, in the Ecuadorian sierra. After seven at night, when they had presented […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) rejects the recurring stigmatization campaign deployed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against the media and journalists. The organization calls for the immediate end to its aggression, and warns that this form of hostility 'tends to degenerate into acts of violence.' In his daily morning conference on […]
"Mexican authorities must undertake a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of media worker Saúl Tijerina Rentería, and determine whether he was targeted for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tijerina’s family lost contact with him early in the morning of June 22, and his body was found near his vehicle […]
"On June 24, [Luis Eduardo] Vivanco, founder of the satirical news website La Posta, was walking his dog in Quito, the capital, when an unidentified man began screaming at him from a nearby car, he told CPJ via messaging app. The man then left the car and said, 'Vivanco, you son of a bitch, I’m […]
"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 […]
"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)
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]