“On the night of Sept. 19, Marcos Efraín Montalvo, a renowned journalist from the [department of] Valle del Cauca, was assassinated with a firearm. The events were recorded by a security camera of the establishment where Montalvo apparently was when he was killed. According to the information that is known so far, the events occurred […]
"As part of its analyses of attacks on the media in Brazil, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a local partner, the Rio de Janeiro Institute for Technology and Society (ITS-Rio), are publishing a survey of the behaviour of users of Twitter, the platform used for most of the attacks on the media and journalists in […]
“Journalist Hellen Meniz denounced that Franco Pomalaya, a member of the Government Palace press team, attacked her when she sought to get some statements from the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo. [...] According to the RPP reporter, when she sought to get Castillo Terrones' statements along with the other media, Franco Pomalaya began to […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) in the company of [the religious NGO] Cristosal presented a complaint on Tuesday [Sept. 14] to the General Inspectorate of Public Security for the increase in hostilities by the National Civil Police (PNC) against journalists on the job. The president of APES César Castro Fagoaga pointed out […]
"Journalists from Guerrero [Mexico] denounced the attacks they suffer while exercising their profession and pointed to authorities from the three levels of government and members of criminal groups that operate in a coordinated manner in different areas of Guerrero, with the collaboration of police forces. This position is the core of a document addressed to […]
“The FLIP [Foundation for Press Freedom] expresses its concern for the extortive retention and constraint to which journalist Josué Nieves, director of the digital media outlet N Noticias Saravena, has been subjected. The journalist denounced that he was detained by FARC dissidents and forced to technically assist in the recording of a survival test of […]
"The National Union of Press Workers reported this Friday [Sept. 10] that Chilean-Venezuelan communicator Braulio Jatar was declared innocent, for which he is granted complete freedom. [...] Jatar, director of the site Reporte Confidencial, was arrested on Sept. 3, 2016 after publishing about a protest against Nicolás Maduro on the island of Margarita. " […]
“Last Thursday, Sept. 9, there were strong demonstrations in Bogotá in response to the one year anniversary of the murder of Javier Ordóñez. In the midst of riots, vandalism and clashes with the Mobile Anti-riot Squad of the National Police (Esmad), it was learned that a photojournalist was injured with a projectile. RCN reported that […]
"When deciding the appeal of Juan Carlos Moreno Ochoa, alias El Larry, for the murder of Miroslava Breach Velducea, correspondent for La Jornada and collaborator of Norte de Juárez, a unitary court increased his sentence from 50 to 51 years and three months in prison and the payment of compensation to indirect victims to 8,120,000 […]
"Protesters twice prevented a video team from Jovem Pan from recording images during the coverage of the demonstrations in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) on Tuesday (Sept. 7, 2021), in São Paulo. The president's supporters even hurled bottles and pieces of wood at the radio professionals. 'Fortunately, we were not injured,' said reporter […]
"Exercising journalism in our country [Mexico] can cause censorship, intimidation, smear campaigns or threats, which can escalate to physical violence, attacks, homicide or femicide. In this case, women journalists experience a double condition of risk: the first linked to their gender that places them in great inequalities compared to men; and the second, discrimination when […]
"A group of Jair Bolsonaro's supporters tried to invade the headquarters of the Ministry of Health, in Brasília, this Wednesday morning (8). The incident took place the day after the pro-government and coup-supporting demonstrations promoted by the president on the Sept. 7 holiday. According to a member of the ministry who followed the confusion, the […]