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Violence Against Journalists

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'El Quillo' found guilty of murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez

"A federal judge ruled that Juan Francisco 'P,' alias 'El Quillo,' belonging to the criminal cell of the Dámaso, which was part of the Sinaloa Cartel, is responsible for the murder of journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas. The sentence will be issued later. [...] During the process, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes Committed against Freedom […]

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Ecuadorian journalist Calixto Zambrano survives shooting

[...] “At about 7:30 p.m. on May 28, two unidentified men on a motorcycle approached [journalist Calixto] Zambrano as he was returning to his home in the western town of El Carmen, and one of the men pulled out a pistol and fired several shots. Two of the shots hit Zambrano as he ran away, […]

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Ecuador: During Lenín Moreno's government, 1,702 journalists and media were attacked

“The Andean Foundation for the Observation and Study of the Media (Fundamedios, for its acronym in Spanish) registered a total of 793 attacks against journalists, media outlets, citizens or activists during Lenín Moreno's government. These attacks add up to a total of 1,702 journalists and media who were violated in their right to freedom of […]

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Union of Journalists and Fenaj repudiate attacks on reporter during Bolsonaro march in Brazil

“The SJPMRJ (Union of Professional Journalists of the Municipality of Rio, for its acronym in Portuguese) and Fenaj (National Federation of Journalists - of Brazil) repudiated the attacks on CNN reporter Pedro Duran during coverage of the demonstration promoted yesterday morning [May 23] in Rio de Janeiro by President Jair Bolsonaro. The reporter was prevented […]

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Brazil: Groups linked to law enforcement agencies target journalist and researcher who denounced state violence

"Since last week, lawyer and researcher Alan Kardec Cabral Junior and reporter Thalys Alcântara, from newspaper O Popular, in Goiás, have been facing attacks by groups linked to the Association of Military Police Officers and Goiás Military Fire Brigade (ASSOF -Goiás). The motive is the publication of the article 'Only one in 200 deaths by […]

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Supreme Court confirmed sentence of alias el 'Loco' for the murder of Colombian journalist

"The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed the sentence of 47 years, 2 months and 6 days in prison against Juan Camilo Ortiz, as the author of the murder of journalist Flor Alba Núñez Vargas, which occurred at noon on Sept. 10, 2015 at the door of the station where she worked, in the municipality of […]

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Cuban journalist has been surrounded at her home by state security agents for a month

"CiberCuba reporter and political activist Iliana Hernández condemned the illegal house arrest that the Cuban authorities have imposed on her for more than a month, and the systematic violation of her right to free movement, preventing her from leaving her home. On her Facebook account, Hernández urged citizens to defend the rights that the regime […]

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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 […]