On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, UNESCO calls on all states to fulfill their commitments and put an end to impunity for the murders of journalists. A new UNESCO report highlights the continued high rate of impunity in journalist murders: 85% of all murders recorded by the […]
“The Association of Journalists of Guatemala (APG, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement in which it demands 'that the intimidations by the Specialized Division of Criminal Investigation (Deic) against journalist Diego España cease, since two agents of this police agency arrived at the newsroom of the newspaper La Hora to request sensitive information from […]
"Brazilian Federal Police concluded that the murder of Indigenous affairs activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips, which occurred on June 5, 2022 in the Javari Valley, northern Amazonas, was due to surveillance activities [encouraged by Pereira] in the Amazon. The police also accused Rubén Dario da Silva Villar, known as 'Colombia,' as the […]
“After journalist Jorge Posadas, correspondent for the UneTV network, denounced death threats via WhatsApp, today [Nov. 2] the Association for Democracy and Human Rights (Asopodehu, by its Spanish acronym) called for protection for the journalist. The executive director of Asopodehu, Dina Meza, made an urgent call for help to [Honduran] President Xiomara Castro, to protect […]
“Colombian journalists face recurring threats from paramilitary groups and criminal gangs. In the last two months, journalists from at least five different media outlets across the country have received a series of threats –including death threats–, leading some journalists to self-censor. President Gustavo Petro has received the most urgent cases directly and has publicly requested […]
The entertainment journalist Patricia Ramírez González, known as Patricia Bunbury, was murdered on Wednesday afternoon in the capital of the state of Colima. Preliminary investigations indicate Ramírez González was in the restaurant she owned when the assailant entered, fired several shots at her, and fled, the newspaper El Universal reported. González is the second journalist […]
"Mauricio Cruz Solís, a journalist for the digital outlet Minuto x Minuto, was killed on Tuesday night in downtown Uruapan, Michoacán. Just moments before the shooting, the reporter had interviewed Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, the municipal president of Uruapan, as well as vendors at the Tariácuri market. Mauricio Cruz is reportedly the first journalist killed during […]
Haiti tops the 2024 Global Impunity Index, published annually by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The index measures unsolved journalist murders relative to a country’s population. In addition to Haiti, which appears on the index for the second time, Mexico and Brazil are also on the 2024 list, respectively ranking eighth and eleventh. According […]
“The murderer of Francisca Sandoval, the first Chilean journalist murdered since the return to democracy in 1990, was sentenced Monday [Oct. 28] to 24 years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime, the Chilean Judiciary reported. 'The Fourth Oral Criminal Court of Santiago sentenced Marcelo Naranjo Naranjo to 15 years in prison for the […]
"Caleth Jesús Gutiérrez, son of journalist Jesús Gutiérrez, who was murdered in 2023, reported that his three siblings were assaulted by members of the army who barged into their home in Sonora in northern Mexico. In an interview with Azucena Uresti, Caleth said he will file a complaint over the violent intrusion. The assault occurred […]
"Nelin Escalante, a veteran journalist in Venezuela, has not been heard from since Friday [Oct. 25], Venezuelan press advocates said on Sunday, alleging he had been detained by government authorities in the country's capital. […] Venezuela's National College of Journalists (CNP, by its Spanish acronym) said in a post on social media that Escalante had […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB) denounced this afternoon the actions of alleged blockaders linked to former president Evo Morales who, reportedly armed with firearms, forced journalists to lie on the ground in the Bulo Bulo area of the tropics of Cochabamba. The incident happened Tuesday morning [October 22], when journalists were reporting […]