"The situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Gang violence has reached unsustainable levels, endangering not only the lives of civilians but also the media's ability to report on the horrors in the country. [...] The press, essential to documenting the crisis and mobilizing international action, is now stymied by gang violence […]
“Organizations Article 19 - Office for Mexico and Central America, and Comunicación e Información de la Mujer A.C. (CIMAC) make an urgent call to the authorities of the federal government [of Mexico] and the state of Morelos to safeguard the life and integrity of Yohali Reséndiz, writer and independent journalist, who was the victim of […]
"Sports journalist Marion Reimers obtained a 'historic' resolution from a judge that orders the federal mechanism for the protection of journalists to immediately give her protection measures against the digital violence that she has faced for 15 years as a sports communicator, the soccer commentator and her legal team announced this Thursday [Dec. 7]. 'There […]
"Noé Zavaleta, a journalist from Veracruz [Mexico] was abducted around 1:00 a.m. this Wednesday [Dec. 4] in Guadalajara, but he was released three hours later when confusion about his identity was clarified, reported journalist Ricardo Ravelo. [...] Ricardo Ravelo reported around 6:00 a.m. this Wednesday that Noé Zavaleta was released after the criminal group that […]
"Lawyer and journalist Édgar José Garay Álvarez sustained two gunshot wounds and was killed when he was traveling in a van through the site known as El Retén, near the Las Brujas airport, jurisdiction of Corozal (Sucre). For several years, Édgar Garay had dedicated himself to managing the Noti Sincelejo page, where he published controversial […]
A Uruguayan court ruled on Dec. 3 in favor of sports journalist Ana Inés Martínez against Channel 10. It upheld the journalist's claim for sexual harassment, but dismissed compensation for workplace harassment. Martínez alleged that she was fired from the news program Subrayado in December 2023 after having been a victim of sexual harassment and […]
“On Tuesday morning [Dec, 3] journalist Adriano Bachega Olvera, editor in chief of the news portal Diario Digital Online in Nuevo León, Mexico, was murdered. The Nuevo Leon Attorney General's Office confirmed that the attack occurred this Tuesday, around 9:45 a.m., on Lazaro Cardenas Avenue, near the border between Monterrey and San Pedro Garza Garcia. […]
“Nov. 28, 2024 marked the second anniversary of the murder of journalist Wilder Alfredo Córdoba, who was shot and killed at the age of 35 in the municipality of La Unión, in the department of Nariño, Colombia. His death, perpetrated by armed men who intercepted him while he was riding a motorcycle, remains an unpunished […]
“Journalist and writer Marco Sifuentes — host of the online news program ‘La Encerrona,’ which has denounced the [corruption scandal known as] 'Rolexgate' against the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte — reported having been the victim of aggression in Lima on Saturday [Nov. 30], after giving a talk on journalism. Sifuentes shared on his X […]
"Thanks to [Jineth Bedoya's] tireless struggle, Colombia passed a law named after her movement that allocates $500,000 annually to prevent attacks on female reporters. For the journalist, although she claims it is 'a balm for the soul,' it is still ironic. 'I have a law, but no justice,' she says, alluding to the impunity of […]
The Attorney General's Office of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, opened an investigation into alleged threats against journalist Norma Galarza Flores by members of the Immediate Reaction Forces of Zacatecas (FRIZ, by its Spanish acronym), part of the State Preventive Police. The threats were allegedly made as a result of an investigation in which the […]
“Ecuadoran journalist Leonardo Rivas, news director of the digital radio station Cariñosa, was murdered on Saturday [Nov. 23] in an attack attributed to hitmen in the province of Guayas, one of the most affected by the insecurity crisis in Ecuador. The radio station confirmed the tragic event on its Facebook account, saying that Rivas was […]