"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 […]
"Journalist Abraham Jiménez Enoa, correspondent in Havana for The Washington Post newspaper, was summoned this Thursday morning by Lieutenant Colonel Kenia Morales for an 'interview,' in which he was threatened with jail if he continues his collaboration with the U.S. media outlet." Read original article (in Spanish)
"The verbal fight between two rival political groups in the Plaza 14 de Septiembre in the city of Cochabamba, on Thursday, Sept. 24, ended in a pitched battle and assault on journalists who were covering the news. Edwin Soria, journalist for the Univalle television channel, suffered first and second degree burns on his left hand […]
"The Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes committed against Freedom of Expression (Feadle) of Mexico requested this Tuesday a sentence of 50 years in prison for one of those accused of the murder of journalist Javier Valdez, which occurred on May 15, 2017 . In a hearing held after a 20-month delay, Feadle formalized its accusation […]
"This Monday morning, Honduran journalist Luis Alfonso Almendares (35) died after being the victim of a criminal attack that occurred while he broadcasted via Facebook Live in Comayagua, in the central area of the country." Read the original article (in Spanish)
"The Attorney General's Office of Colombia pronounced this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, about the liberation of two defendants for murder of the journalistic team of the daily El Comercio. The entity questioned that "due to the congestion registered by the Criminal Court of Tumaco (Nariño)," Gustavo Alfonso Ospina and Gustavo Angulo Arboleda have been released. […]
"Journalists from the television stations Columbia, Repretel and Teletica were verbally and physically attacked on Aug. 25 while covering a protest held by Movimiento Rescate Nacional against the sanitary measures to contain the propagation of COVID-19, in San Jose, Costa Rica. The reporter Alejandro Arley, of Noticias Columbia, spoke about his experience on the Por […]
"Organizations and human rights defenders in Guatemala issued an alert this Wednesday about the detention of an indigenous journalist accused of 'sedition' in the north of the country and for an attack on two other female communicators in another incident that occurred in the west of the territory." Read the original article (in Spanish)