"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 […]
"Another journalist became a victim of violence in Colombia. Rafael Emiro Moreno, director of the digital news outlet Voces de Córdoba and an activist in his home state, was murdered in the city of Montelíbano (Córdoba), Colombia, on the night of Oct. 16, 2022. Moreno was killed by hitmen in the 27 de Julio neighborhood […]
“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 […]