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Argentina's President attacks critical journalists again: “People don't hate them enough”

"Argentine president Javier Milei once again attacked the journalism of Argentina that is critical of his government, after calling press workers ‘hired killers with credentials of so-called journalists’ and saying that ‘people do not hate them enough.’ 'I had believed that a large part of journalism had reached its peak as lying trash in covering […]

Peruvian journalist reports intimidation at home by men in police vests

"Journalist Beto Ortiz reported on Sunday, April 13, that two men wearing police-style vests appeared at his home in Chaclacayo, a district in Peru’s Lima Province and asked the groundskeeper intimidating questions. According to a report aired on Panorama, the Sunday news program of the television network where Ortiz works, the men did not identify […]

Bolivian journalists' associations denounce intimidation by fictitious State of Kailasa against national media outlets

"The National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB, for its initials in Spanish) and the country's nine departmental journalists' associations condemned the threats and intimidation directed at several Bolivian media outlets by representatives of the self-proclaimed State of Kailasa. [...] 'The demand for retractions, content removal and public apologies from the fictitious State of Kailasa […]

Colombian senator accused of stigmatizing journalist

“Reporter Diana Saray Giraldo has been the target of stigmatizing remarks since Jan. 9 by Senator Sandra Ramírez, a member of the Comunes party [composed of former FARC guerrilla combatants]. The controversy arose after Giraldo shared a post on the social media platform X about the senator’s participation in an event in Venezuela. In her […]

Uruguayan court rules sports journalist was sexually harassed in case against news channel

A Uruguayan court ruled on Dec. 3 in favor of sports journalist Ana Inés Martínez against Channel 10. It upheld the journalist's claim for sexual harassment, but dismissed compensation for workplace harassment. Martínez alleged that she was fired from the news program Subrayado in December 2023 after having been a victim of sexual harassment and […]

A ‘culture of silence’ threatens press freedom under El Salvador President Bukele, press freedom organizations find

Since El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in March 2022, local journalists and human rights organizations have raised concerns that Bukele has repeatedly renewed the state of emergency in a bid to systemically silence dissent and dismantle press freedom. The Salvadoran Journalists Association (APES) documented 311 attacks –including harassment, doxxing, threats, […]

Several journalists flee Cuba after state agents question, pressure at least 8

"CPJ is alarmed by reports that since mid-September, Cuban state security agents questioned at least eight journalists and media workers from non-state media outlets, many in connection to alleged crimes against the state, leading several to flee the country. [...] Cuban news website El Toque, which operates from exile, reported that the journalists were summoned […]

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Argentine Journalism Academy reports ‘persecution and harassment’ of journalist by Milei supporters

"The National Journalism Academy reported this Wednesday [July 31] the 'persecution' and 'harassment' of María O’Donnell, attributing it to supporters of Javier Milei and to other journalists. Additionally, the entity issued a specific complaint against presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni for failing to arrange a promised meeting with academy representatives. 'The National Journalism Academy categorically rejects […]

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UN agency in Argentina publishes guide: 'Digital violence and harassment. Action tools for journalists'

"Gender violence online is a problem that increases year after year and women with a public voice, especially journalists, gender editors, politicians, activists and human rights defenders, are the main recipients. Therefore, it is key to address it responsibly, to prevent it from reproducing, to collaborate to prevent it and to work to eradicate it. […]

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Journalism organizations and freedom of expression groups release statement in support of Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti

Ten journalism organizations and freedom of expression groups, led by the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute in the U.S., released a joint statement "responding to the potential for legal action against renowned Peruvian investigative journalist Gustavo Gorriti, founder of IDL-Reporteros." "We are alarmed by the misuse of the Peruvian legal […]

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Mexican president lambasts YouTube after company edits video revealing NYT journalist's number

"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized YouTube on Sunday night [Feb. 25] after the tech company removed the video of a news conference in which the leader revealed the private telephone number of the New York Times' Mexico bureau chief. The platform said the video had violated their policies on harassment and cyberbullying. It […]

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Group of journalists suffered intimidation by armed group after news coverage in Colombia

"A delegation of Asocaña [the Association of Sugar Cane Growers of Colombia, by its acronym in Spanish] and several journalists were intimidated on Friday, June 23, in a rural area of the municipality of El Cerrito, [in the department of] Valle, while they were covering the planting of trees on the El Fuerte field [...]. […]