“The case of La Patilla journalist Ana Carolina Guaita, detained since Aug. 20 in Venezuela, was brought to trial in a hearing on Monday, Nov. 11, and she was sentenced to prison. Guaita was charged with inciting hatred, terrorism and obstruction of a public highway. The information was reported by political leader César Pérez Vivas […]
“Last Sunday [Nov. 3], sports journalist Marco Antonio Centurión was detained by mistake at the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, in the city of Rosario [Argentina], after local police [mis]identified him as the leader of a gang that distributed child pornography. A few minutes after the incident, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, proudly published news […]
"Relatives of journalist Ana Carolina Guaita, correspondent for La Patilla, who was arbitrarily detained on August 20 in La Guaira, are demanding her immediate release after more than a month of her arrest. Politician Xiomara Barreto, Guaita’s mother, posted on social media, reminding the public that Guaita is also a 'prominent athlete' and certified powerbike […]
"Police beat at least two journalists and arrested two others during a protest for human rights in Xochimilco, a southern borough of Mexico City, on Thursday, Sept. 5, according to members of the media who witnessed the incidents. Police arrested Penélope Estefanía Galicia Argumedo, a reporter with community radio station Radio Zapote; and Elizabeth Díaz, […]
*This post was updated after Carmela Longo was released "A well-known Venezuelan entertainment journalist arrested in Caracas over the weekend has been released, a media union said on Monday [Aug. 26], but she faces terrorism charges as the fallout from the country's disputed July 28 presidential election widens. Carmela Longo, who until last week worked […]
“Journalist Ana Carolina Guaita, from the news portal La Patilla, was apparently detained by Bolivarian Intelligence Service (Sebin) officials while she was near the El Rincón neighborhood in Maiquetía, the National Press Workers’ Union reported on their X account. [...] The legal advisor of the Democratic Unitary Platform, Perkins Rocha, said Guaita is also the […]
"'We denounce the illegal and arbitrary use of anti-terrorism laws in Venezuela, especially against journalists and photojournalists detained during the post-election protests in the country,' the [National Union of Press Workers] SNTP said in a statement posted on its social networks. Photojournalists Yousner Alvarado (Barinas, west) and Deisy Peña (Miranda, center), cameraman Paúl León (Trujillo, […]
"Journalist Iván Núñez and a team from the Chilean public broadcaster TVN, were detained and will be deported from Venezuela amid the protests following the presidential elections held last weekend in that country. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council declared Nicolás Maduro the winner for a third term, despite the results being questioned for their lack of […]
“The Committee to Protect Journalists supports the urgent appeal filed to U.N. officials by an international legal team on behalf of Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora, who the appeal says has been wrongfully imprisoned since 2022 and held in conditions ‘that amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.’ The appeal, sent […]
"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 […]
"Relatives of journalist Luis López, detained on Friday, June 14 in [the Venezuelan state of] La Guaira while he was on his way to cover a protest, requested on Sunday [June 16] his unconditional release, as well as that of the rest of the political activists detained by the security forces. [...] The journalist from […]
“Two journalists from the Salvadoran digital media outlet El Faro were detained at the facilities of the University of El Salvador (UES) in San Salvador. The detention occurred when Brenda Morales, who identified herself as a government worker, without showing any accreditation, asked the journalists to delete the photographs they had taken and in which […]