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Brazilian women journalists face sexual violence in their daily work, according to report

"In 2022, the year of one of the toughest elections in Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) registered 557 cases of aggression against press members, 26% involving some type – more or less explicit – of gender violence. Of this group, 5% were categorized as episodes of sexual violence, with […]

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Journalist Blondine Tanis is kidnapped in Haiti; it is the sixth kidnapping of a press member in the country so far this year

"A journalist has been kidnapped in the Haitian capital, [which represents] the sixth kidnapping affecting the Haitian press this year. Blondine Tanis, co-host of the 'Tribune Matinale' program broadcast on Radio Rénovation FM (107.1FM), fell into the hands of her captors on Friday, July 21, as she was entering her home in the Delmas neighborhood, […]

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Ecuadorian news anchor denounces attack and death threats related to her coverage of an accident

"The journalist and news anchor of Majestad Televisión Lissette Ormaza publicly denounced that she was the victim of an attack 'disguised' as a traffic accident, orchestrated by those who have been threatening her for several months because of her journalistic work. On Thursday morning [June 22], Ormaza left her house on her way to the […]

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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 [...]. […]

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Journalist survives shooting attack in Acapulco, Mexico

"José González, a journalist from the state of Guerrero, was shot at [on Thursday, June 15] a few minutes after leaving his home. As a result of this aggression, he suffered several wounds in his arms. As a measure to ask for help, he started broadcasting live on social media, where [he can be seen] […]

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IAPA condemns stigmatizing discourse against journalists by presidents of Colombia and Argentina

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on Friday [June 9] urged the presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Argentina, Alberto Fernández, to 'stop the stigmatizing discourse' against journalists and the media and said that 'disapproval from power can encourage violence against the press.' [...] Five Colombian journalists from RCN Radio, Blu Radio and Caracol Radio […]

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Mexico: Journalist's home is shot at for the second time in less than two months

"Five days after the murder of journalist Marco Aurelio Ramírez Hernández, on May 23 in Tehuacán [in the Mexican state of Puebla], early this Sunday [May 28] armed individuals opened fire against the home of reporter Pedro Alonso Benítez, located in the community of Santa Catarina Hueyatzacoalco, in the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan [in […]

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Peru: Far-right groups escalate violence against offices of IDL-Reporteros news outlet

"Two days after the publication of an investigation that stopped a campaign based on slanderous disinformation against news website IDL-R director, Gustavo Gorriti and newspaper La República director Gustavo Mohme, the ultra-right-wing groups known as 'La Pestilencia' [the Pestilence] violently attacked the offices of IDL-Reporteros on Friday night [May 5], which represented the fourth attack […]

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Mexico: Journalist is detained and then released after exposing abandoned government plant nursery

"Journalist Bertín Chino González was detained [on Thu. April 13] by the police of the municipality of San Luis Acatlán, in [the Mexican state of] Guerrero, after he posted a video of a desolate plant nursery that was part of the [President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's program of agroforestry in rural communities] Sembrando Vida (Sowing […]

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Mexico: Journalist Alain Albarrán is assaulted in Oaxaca

"Unidentified men assaulted Mexican journalist Alain Albarrán Granados on Thursday [April 6]. He covers issues of violence, particularly against women, in Oaxaca, in the south of the country. The reporter at the radio station La Poderosa 100.5 FM and the newspaper El Imparcial de Oaxaca was hit in the face and body as he was […]