"A total of 20 cases of violence against journalists and social communicators, including one murder, were registered in the year 2022, in addition to 3 cases of violence against the media, according to data collected by the Roundtable for the Safety of Journalists of Paraguay (MSP, by its Spanish acronym). Last year, Paraguay added one […]
"Today [Jan. 24] marks eight years since Moisés Sánchez, a foot journalist in Medellín de Veracruz, was found dead. On Jan. 2, 2015, a convoy with armed subjects entered the home of José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, director of La Unión: La Voz de Medellín, deprived him of his freedom and kidnapped him for 22 days, […]
"A journalist was shot dead on Sun. Dec. 18 in Haiti, a country that this year has already recorded a total of nine murders of press professionals, in addition to several cases of aggressions during the performance of their duties, and abuses by the authorities. Francklin Tamar, 38 years old, was shot by individuals traveling […]
"The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today renewed its call on the international community for concrete action to protect the safety and freedoms of journalists as it recorded a spike in the numbers of journalists killed or imprisoned during 2022. […] The IFJ released the latest figures ahead of International Human Rights Day, recording 67 […]
"Journalist and broadcaster Pedro Pablo Kumul was murdered on Mon. Nov. 21 in El Castillo, a town in Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz [Mexico], as confirmed by the news website where he worked, AX Noticias. The murder of the reporter adds to 16 other homicides counted by Article 19, an organization that defends press […]
"Dozens of journalists marched in white on Sunday through Haiti to denounce the murder of eight of their colleagues this year and demand the country's authorities clarify each case. […] The journalists also reminded the authorities of the warning of the Colectivo de Medios en Línea (CMEL), the organizer of the march, that members of […]
"The colleagues of the Union of Journalists of Paraguay (SPP, by its acronym in Spanish) denounced that 'the Sentencing Court formed by the judges Carmen Silva, as president, Mirna Soto González and Ana Aguirre, as members, absolved Waldemar Pereira Rivas -alias Cachorrão- of guilt and punishment for the murder of journalist Leo Veras, which occurred […]
"As part of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the organization Article 19 demanded justice for the 156 journalists murdered in Mexico in the last 22 years. Of those, Guerrero ranks second among the states of the country with more journalists murdered and, according to their tally, 17 journalists have been […]
“On Nov. 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, UNESCO renews its call for all necessary measures to ensure that crimes committed against journalists are properly investigated and their perpetrators identified and convicted. New UNESCO data show that the global impunity rate for journalist killings remains shockingly high at 86%. [...] […]
"Haiti's National Police said it has received orders to launch an investigation into the death of a journalist who witnesses say was struck in the head by a tear gas canister as officers also opened fire on a group of reporters. In a statement late Sunday [Oct. 30], Police Chief Frantz Elbé offered his condolences […]
"The three people who participated in the murder of Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado, who lived in Tijuana - a city bordering the United States - were sentenced to prison, after an shortened legal process carried out on Oct. 26. The Attorney General of Baja California, Iván Carpio Sánchez, informed that Guillermo Julián Castro, who pleaded […]
"Journalist Rafael Emiro Moreno, murdered this past Oct. 16, had received death threats since 2019. During the following three years the attacks against Moreno continued, so he turned to the National Protection Unit (UNP) and other state entities in search of measures to protect his life. However, during that time, Moreno faced a protection mechanism […]