“The police said the 23-year-old [Edwin Josué] Andino was murdered by two gunmen ‘wearing uniforms similar to those of the military police.’ They went to his home where he lived with his father in Villafranca, a western suburb of Tegucigalpa, on the morning of Oct. 10. They seized Andino and his father, placed adhesive tape […]
"For many years, Griselda, one of the first people to arrive at the street where Javier Valdez lay dead with 12 bullets in his body, cursed her husband: 'Why did he have to sign that article,' 'he was selfish and didn't think of us' or 'he didn't love us as much as he said...,' she […]
"A people's tribunal, which held a series of hearings on journalists killings, condemned Mexico, Sri Lanka and Syria on Sept. 19 and called for an 'independent and comprehensive' review of measures in place to protect the news media. Composed of international jurists, [the tribunal] heard testimonies during six months on the 2009 murder of Lasantha […]
"One year ago, on Sept. 19, 2021, journalist Marcos Efraín Montalvo was murdered in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. [...] His murder created an atmosphere of self-censorship and made visible the risks faced by the press in the region. For the [Colombian] Prosecutor's Office, one of the hypotheses is that the murder was related to […]
"One month after the assassination of journalist Gerardo Delgado, [who used to work at] Ola Manta, the Montecristi Prosecutor's Office is moving forward with preliminary investigations, amid complete secrecy. According to information from the news outlet La Marea de Manabí, by a request of the Police to the Prosecutor's Office, and by order of a […]
"Two of seven journalists who were reporting on Sun. Sept. 11, in the Haitian neighborhood of Cité Soleil, scene of a bloody gang clash, were killed and subsequently burned, local media reported Monday. The journalists were identified as Frantzsen Charles, who works for FS News, and Tayson Lartigue, of Tijèn Jounalis. Consulted by the EFE […]
"This week, the Prosecutor's Office identified and captured the alleged perpetrator of the murder of journalists Leiner Montero Ortega and Dilia Contreras Cantillo. The murder took place on Aug. 28, on the road leading from the village of Santa Rosa de Lima to the municipal capital of Fundación, Colombia. The Prosecutor's Office (...) charged Carlos Mario […]
"A journalist who had reported a death threat weeks earlier was murdered on Tuesday [Sept. 6] in front of the radio station where he worked in Pedro Juan Caballero, a violent city located in northeastern Paraguay on the border with Brazil, a police chief reported. A person dressed in black who was traveling on a […]
"Jânio Freitas de Souza and Otávio da Costa Oliveira, arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police a month ago for involvement in the murder of English journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, had government contracts during the administration of Mayor Dênis Linder Rojas de Paiva (União Brasil) of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state. Otávio […]
"FLIP welcomes the appeals court decision of the Administrative Court of Antioquia, Colombia, confirming the responsibility of the State in the case of the murder of journalist Edison Molina. This decision was made based on the absolutely passive position adopted by the State in the face of the situation of danger faced by the journalist. […]