"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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
"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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the extremely tense climate for journalists in Brazil after a series of press freedom violations in recent weeks, including the murders of two journalists. The authorities must punish those responsible and protect media personnel throughout the country, RSF says. [...] Weverton Rabelo Fróes, 32, a radio show host and humourist […]
"In the early morning of April 14, unknown persons detonated a Molotov cocktail against the car of journalist Roberto Sánchez Mamani, of La Estación radio in Tacna, a region in the south of the country. The incident happened at the door of the radio station where Sánchez works." Read original article (in Spanish)
“Three years ago, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno confirmed the deaths of Javier Ortega, Paúl Rivas and Efraín Segarra, journalistic team of the newspaper El Comercio. During these years, the Colombian State has repeatedly failed the families of the victims. Truth, justice and reparation are absent in this case. The [Colombian] Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, […]
"The number two of Chavismo, Diosdado Cabello, launched a threat this Wednesday [April 7] against Venezuelan journalists who want to cover the armed conflict that is unfolding in the border state of Apure. 'Whoever enters there to play the enemy's game must be considered an enemy. They are waiting for some Venezuelans to be murdered […]
"The government channel Bolivia TV denounced that two of its workers, a journalist and a cameraman, were attacked the day before by militants from the Chuquisaca Somos Todos (CST) group when they tried to cover an electoral campaign in the city of Sucre. The channel denounced that the incident prevented journalist Kevin Revollo and cameraman […]