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Violence Against Journalists

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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 […]

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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." […]

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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)

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]