“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 […]
"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." […]
"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)
"[...] 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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"At least 44 Honduran journalists have requested protection measures for fear of losing their lives. From 2001 to September 2020, 87 Honduran journalists have died after receiving death threats in the country, and of these there are around six prosecuted cases. For this year, three journalists have already died despite the pandemic, said Carlos Ortiz, […]
"The Association of Correspondents of the International Press in Chile (ACPI) warned this Monday about excessive 'police zeal' that is exercised over 'the work carried out by journalists, cameramen and photographers of social demonstrations.' This happened within the framework of the events that occurred last Friday when a police officer pushed a protester from the […]
“An influencer from Tijuana, Baja California, named Mariano Soto, was shot and killed this Sunday afternoon while he was driving in his car. The attack was carried out by people in a gray Cadillac. They hit the victim in the chest and later fled. Through his page Tijuana sin Censura (Tijuana Uncensored), Soto denounced a […]
"Brazil's Agência Pública launched the 'Primer on Digital Security and Action in the Field,' which systematizes the security protocols adopted by the agency to produce reports in the field." Download the guide (in Portuguese)
"Eight months have passed without news of the young Peruvian journalist Daysi Mina Huamán, whose disappearance has been included by the international media coalition One Free Press Coalition among the ten most urgent cases to be resolved in the world for attacks and harassment of women journalists. The case of the young journalist, who worked […]