"CNN reporter Isadora Aires was harassed Sunday morning [July 7] by attendees of the conservative congress CPAC Brasil, which is taking place in [the city of] Balneário Camboriú. [...] The journalist had gone live and was preparing to go on air again, when she was surrounded by a group of people. [...] Some attendees shouted […]
"In June 2024, the exercise of freedom of expression and the press in Ecuador became more dangerous and violent, with a notable increase in attacks on media outlets. Fundamedios documented 21 attacks this month, an increase from May, raising the annual total to 119 attacks. This pattern reveals an escalation in violence and hostility towards […]
“This Thursday [July 4th], a violent attack was reported against a news team that was covering an inspection of street vendors in San Bernardo. The incident occurred in the morning when the Canal 13 team was on-site and was allegedly attacked by the street vendors. This is how journalist Delfina Gómez narrated the incident live: […]
“On Tuesday, the Periodistas Argentinas organization accused journalist Pedro Brieger of 19 episodes of sexual harassment, with victims including former colleagues and former students. Several of the accusers made public statements during a conference in the Senate. 'The case in question has a name and last name, but it can be seen reflected in other […]
"The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention considers that the detention of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, held for more than 700 days in a military prison in Guatemala City, is arbitrary and violated six articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and therefore requests the Government of that country to adopt the […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Thursday [June 27] decision by Carlos Hercule, Haiti’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, to place Ronald Richemond, the federal prosecutor of the city of Les Cayes, on leave until further notice. CPJ has reported on allegations linking Richemond to the murder of Haitian radio journalist Garry Tesse […]
"The body of journalist Víctor Morales was found lifeless on a stretch of road on the Ocozocoautla de Espinosa-Arriaga highway, near the Tierra y Libertad ejido, in the municipality of Jiquipilas, [in the Mexican state of] Chiapas.. Morales, who was 39 years old and general director of the media outlet Realidades, was found with several […]
"Community journalist Jorge Méndez, known as 'Jeykon the leader,' was murdered this Thursday (June 27) in a rural area of the municipality of Tibú, in the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, which borders Venezuela, as reported by the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP). 'Jorge was well-known in the Catatumbo region because he managed the […]
"A daughter of Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, murdered last August, was threatened by the main suspect in ordering the assassination, her lawyer denounced on Wednesday (June 26) during the trial. The alleged perpetrator of the crime 'began issuing messages and comments against one of Fernando's daughters' through the Zoom chat during a hearing, Nathalia […]
“About a hundred dockworkers who illegally import Argentine food products into Bolivia threatened, with physical attacks, about five radio reporters who reported the destruction of a state office and the attempted seizure of a military regiment on Saturday, June 22. 'As a media outlet we warn that we have no guarantees to carry out our […]
"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied this Monday (June 24, 2024) persecuting journalist Carlos Loret de Mola, who has reported scandals of alleged corruption of the president's children and who is now being investigated by the government's Financial Intelligence Unit. 'We do not investigate anyone, there is no censorship for anyone. Don't let him […]
"Independent journalist Humberto Padgett denounced [on June 21] that he was detained by agents of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and held at the Public Servants Prosecutor's Office of the Mexico City Attorney General's Office (FGJ CDMX, for its Spanish acronym) for requesting explanations about the alleged shelving of a case that dates back to […]