texas-moody

Violence Against Journalists

KC logo

Brazil: TV team is attacked in Minas Gerais during reporting trip in health unit

"The team was in the emergency department of the municipality of Prata when a man, who identified himself as a doctor, advanced on reporter Arcênio Corrêa. The cameraman Stanley Mathias tried to separate the two and was also attacked." Read original article (in Portuguese)

KC logo

Mexican journalist Arturo Alba shot and killed in Ciudad Juárez minutes after conducting the nightly newscast

"This Thursday night a journalist was shot to death. It is the fifth so far this year in Mexico. Arturo Alba, host of the nightly newscast for Canal 6 de Multimedios in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, was riddled with shots —at least eleven— while driving his car in that city." Read original article (in Spanish)

KC logo

Venezuelan government confirms detention of journalist who is member of the opposition party

"The Government of Venezuela confirmed this Tuesday (10.27.2020) that journalist Roland Carreño - of whom there had been no news for 24 hours and who acts as coordinator of Voluntad Popular (VP), the party of opposition leader Leopoldo López - was arrested. The Minister of Communications, Freddy Ñáñez, explained on his Twitter account that 'he […]

KC logo

Brazilian journalist found alive after being abducted from his own home

UPDATE: Brazilian journalist Romano dos Anjos was found alive after being abducted from his home. Read original article (in Portuguese) ORIGINAL: "The 40-year-old journalist Romano dos Anjos was kidnapped on Monday night (Oct. 26), from the Aeroporto district, in the North of Boa Vista. According to the Military Police, he was at home, having dinner […]

KC logo

Journalists and opposition leaders denounce detentions and harassment in Nicaragua

“Nicaraguan opposition leaders and journalists denounced yesterday that the detentions, threats and harassment against dissidents continue in the context of the socio-political crisis that the country has been experiencing for two and a half years, and they blamed the government headed by Daniel Ortega... Meanwhile, the exiled journalist Maryórit Guevara, director of the digital platform […]

KC logo

Salvadoran columnist at El Faro denounces armed assault and points to the government

"Salvadoran columnist, cronista and anthropologist Juan Martinez d'Aubuisson, who writes for digital newspaper El Faro, denounced this Friday on his social networks that last Monday he was the victim of an armed assault and pointed out that, according to 'sources of the state apparatus,' the event 'was orchestrated from within the Government' of President Nayib Bukele." […]

KC logo

Mexico: journalists from Iguala, Guerrero, ask for protection; criminal group threatens to kill them

"Federal authorities recognized that the spiral of violence in Iguala and the threatening of the local press is due to the division of the criminal group Guerreros Unidos, suspected of the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014." Read original article (in Spanish)

KC logo

Folha publishes special about refugee journalists in Brazil

"[...] Carlos, Claudine, Gabriela, Kamil and Victorios [...] had to flee their countries of origin - Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicaragua, Turkey and Syria - due to the threats they suffered as reporters. They sought refuge in Brazil, where they had to remake their lives, most of them far from the profession. The five […]

KC logo

IAPA pays tribute to murdered journalists with 'Immortal Pencils' campaign

"Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) reported this Tuesday that it launched the Immortal Pencils campaign 'to raise awareness about the impunity that surrounds most crimes against journalists; the lack of justice that encourages more violence, censorship and self-censorship.' The official launch of the action will be on Oct. 21 and the IAPA requests the collaboration of […]

KC logo

Journalist killed in Dominican Republic

"Given the death of the Dominican journalist Andrés Estrella Núñez, who was found dead last Friday in Santo Domingo, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) regrets the loss of its colleague and demands that the Dominican authorities solve his death. Organizations such as the National Union of Press Workers of the Dominican Republic (SNRP), an […]

KC logo

Police investigate death threat against journalist in Brazil

"The São Paulo Civil Police launched an investigation to investigate a death threat against journalist Pedro Zambarda, a contributor to website Diário do Centro do Mundo. Last Friday (10.02.2020), Zambarda denounced, through a police report, a message he received on his cell phone after he published an article about 'waves of hate' on social networks […]