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Violence Against Journalists

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Government supporters assault Nicaraguan photojournalist and steal cell his phone

"This Tuesday [May 11] morning, photojournalist Wilmer López, of the newspaper La Prensa and Periódico de Hoy, was physically attacked by a mob of at least 15 Ortega fanatics from the Roberto Huembes market who were identified as Commema [administrator of markets in Managua] officials. The people persecuted him through the whole shopping center, they […]

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Organizations observe recent escalation in use of force against press in Colombia with great concern

"We address you from IFEX-ALC, a network made up of 24 organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean that in turn is part of IFEX, a global network that defends and promotes freedom of expression and information; together with IFEX member organizations , the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The […]

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Paraguayan prosecutor files complaint against suspected killer of journalist Leo Veras

“One year and two months after the murder of Brazilian journalist Léo Veras, a new complaint was lodged by the public prosecutor's office of Paraguay. Prosecutor Alicia Sapriza, from the Center for the Fight against Organized Crime, accused Waldemar Pereira Rivas, known as “Cachorrão,” of criminal association and intentional homicide, and asked for a trial. […]

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Journalist Benjamín Morales killed in Sonora, Mexico

"On the World Press Freedom Day, journalist Benjamín Morales Hernández, director of the Xonoidag News page, was found dead and with gunshot wounds. A police report indicates that at 01:55 hours yesterday [May 3] his vehicle was located with the keys in the ignition  in the vicinity of the Morelia ejido in the municipality of […]

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One dead and one injured after attack on journalist William Gutiérrez in Colombia

"Authorities are investigating the attack on journalist William Eduardo Gutiérrez Ordóñez, owner director of the community radio station Alfa Estéreo, when he was on his way to his workplace. The incident occurred when three unknown persons -two men and a woman- who were driving a motorcycle attacked the car in which the journalist was traveling […]

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RSF and FLIP warn of attack on press freedom during social protests in Colombia

"Reporters Without Borders and the Foundation for Press Freedom [of Colombia] warn that there is an imminent risk of self-censorship of those covering the protests due to the escalation of excessive use of police force against journalists, which gives clear indications of the intentionality of the attacks and their systematic nature, without there being a […]

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Journalist Francisco Ramírez missing from Oaxaca, Mexico

“Journalist Francisco Augusto Ramírez Padilla has been missing since April 30, 2021; His family, media and journalists from Oaxaca have requested help locating him through social networks The Oaxaca State Attorney General's Office issued a file with information on his disappearance, from the Unit for the Search for Disappeared and Unlocated Persons." Read original article […]

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RSF begins research into mechanisms for protecting journalists in Latin America

“With the support of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has begun evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of mechanisms for protecting journalists in four Latin American countries, with the aim of helping to improve such mechanisms throughout the region. Nearly 80% of the murders of journalists in Latin […]

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Colombian journalist Luis Carlos Ayala survives shooting

"At about 8:30 p.m. on April 20, an unidentified man aboard a motorcycle shot and slightly injured [Luis Carlos] Ayala, who works as a freelance photojournalist and often contributes to the independent news website Colombia Informa, in the western city of Cali, according to news reports and the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging […]

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UNESCO reports 73% of women journalists suffer cyberbullying

“Seventy-three percent of women journalists have suffered online harassment related to their work, according to a pioneering study released by UNESCO on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Conference, which will be held starting April 29 in Namibia. 'Online violence, often in the form of coordinated misogynistic attacks, ranges from hate speech to threats […]

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Fire at headquarters of Venezuelan journalists association was intentional, according to report from firefighters

“The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its acronym in Spanish) [of Venezuela] reported that the fire at the Sucre state headquarters was intentional, as established by a firefighters' investigation. The CNP classifies the incident as one more attack on freedom of expression that violates the legacy of all journalists, [as it said in a […]

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Nicaraguan police beat and detain journalist Kalúa Salazar of Radio La Costeñísima

“Anti-riot agents of the [Nicaraguan] National Police beat and illegally detained journalist Kalúa Salazar, editor-in-chief of Radio La Costeñísima, in her home. At dawn on Monday, April 19, the communicator tried to leave her house in Bluefields, to go to the media outlet, but the officers forcibly prevented her from doing so. 'A caravan for […]