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Community journalist murdered in Colombia's Catatumbo region, near the Venezuelan border

"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 […]

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Mexico recognizes it failed to protect journalist murdered three years ago

"On the third anniversary of a news website editor’s murder, the Mexican authorities have publicly acknowledged their failure to protect him and have apologized to his family. [...] Noticias Minuto a Minuto news site editor Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was fatally shot by gunmen while riding a motorcycle with his son near Morro de Mazatán, a […]

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40 years since murder of Mexican journalist Manuel Buendía, who revealed links between drug trafficking and power

"On May 30, 1984, Mexican journalism faced one of its darkest days: Manuel Buendía, one of Mexico's most daring and respected columnists, was murdered in cold blood in Mexico City's Zona Rosa. Four decades Later, his legacy of courage and commitment to the truth continues to be an example in a profession that continues to […]

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Seven years after murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, demand for justice continues

“To mark the seventh anniversary of the murder of journalist Javier Arturo Valdez Cárdenas, his family, accompanying organizations, media and journalists, continue with the demand for justice for the atrocious crime, which occurred on May 15, 2017 in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, [Mexico]. [...] Currently, the legal cases against the perpetrators in Javier's homicide […]

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Haiti: Former mayor and former legislator are accused of 2019 murder of journalist Néhémie Joseph

"A former senator and a former mayor, along with five others, have been accused of murdering journalist Néhémie Joseph five years ago in a town in central Haiti. Judge Edwige Dorsainvil ordered pretrial detention for former legislator Rony Célestin, former mayor Lochard Laguerre, and Juste Chandou Clerjeune, Elionel Casséus, Angelina Fabiola Cameau, Douyon Rosevald, and […]

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President of Chile harshly rebuked for case of Francisca Sandoval, journalist murdered in Santiago in 2022

"This Friday, May 3, the president [of Chile] Gabriel Boric led the inauguration of the 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center. During his speech, two of the attendees rebuked him, remembering the case of Francisca Sandoval, a reporter for Diseño 3 de La Victoria, murdered on May 1, 2022 […]

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Mexico: Journalists protest in Morelos against murder of communicator Roberto Figueroa

“Fifty journalists from Morelos [Mexico] demonstrated at the wreath for the victims of violence, which is at one of the entrances to the state palace, to condemn the illegal deprivation of liberty and murder of the communicator and internet content producer Roberto Figueroa Bustos. In this act of protest, Jaime Luis Brito, correspondent for Proceso, […]

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“El Último Viaje”: a short film to demand justice for murder of Mexican journalist Moisés Sánchez

“Nine years after the murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez in Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, the short film ‘El Último Viaje’ (The final trip) and a special printed edition of Diario La Unión were presented. The shocking almost four-minute short film, made by Grey México and Oriental Films, recounts the last days of Moisés Sánchez's life […]

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Citizen journalist Jaime Vásquez murdered in Cúcuta, Colombia

"Jaime Vásquez, a Colombian social leader and journalist, was murdered this Sunday morning [April 14] in [the neighborhood] La Riviera, [in the city of] Cúcuta. Images from security cameras show the moment in which he was attacked by hitmen, with three fatal shots. [...] President Gustavo Petro condemned the murder and asked prosecutor's to carry […]

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Brazilian State asks for official pardon for Clarice Herzog, widow of Vladimir who fought for justice for journalist murdered during dictatorship

"This Wednesday (April 3), the Amnesty Committee of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília unanimously approved the recognition of Clarice Herzog as a political amnesty. The widow of journalist Vladimir Herzog, tortured and killed on Oct. 25, 1975 by agents of the former DOI-CODI (Department of Information Operations - Center for Internal Defense Operations) in […]

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Four years of impunity in murder of Mexican journalist María Elena Ferral

“ARTICLE 19 Office for Mexico and Central America and the Network in Memory and Fight of Murdered or Missing Journalists commemorate María Elena Ferral, a journalist from Veracruz, and renew their demands for justice for her and her family four years after her murder. […] Although the Attorney General's Office of the State of Veracruz […]

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Prosecutor is accused of allegedly ordering murder of Haitian journalist Garry Tesse in 2022

"The October 2022 murder [of Haitian journalist Garry Tesse] sparked outrage and street protests. But the investigation into the death […] has languished, leading his family and friends to accuse the government of a cover-up to protect the man who is in charge of prosecuting the crime, Ronald Richemond. […] Shortly before his death, Tesse […]