"The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA, for its acronym in Spanish) expressed its rejection and concern regarding the decision by the Tucumán court to impose a gag order on Gustavo Olarte, director of the Closed Circuit Television Company (CCC), as well as on the company's producers, journalists and presenters. The court order prohibits them from disseminating […]
"The Supreme Court's Criminal Cassation Chamber upheld the convictions of Emiro Rojas Granados, former deputy director of the now-defunct Administrative Department of Security, and Néstor Pachón Bermúdez, a former intelligence agent, for their role in the prolonged psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque. Duque was the target of a state persecution machine because of […]
"In a context of increasing harassment of the independent press, five investigative media outlets —Salud con lupa, IDL-Reporteros, Epicentro TV, Ojo Público, and Convoca— along with the National Association of Journalists (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish), have filed protective actions (acciones de amparo) with the constitutional courts of Lima to halt the application of Law No. […]
"Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, imprisoned since 2022 in controversial cases opened by the Prosecutor's Office, fears being killed in prison, an official with Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in Spanish) told AFP on Wednesday [Oct. 8]. The 69-year-old journalist, founder of the now-defunct newspaper El Periódico, has spent more than 1,100 days […]
“Gendarmerie Corporal Héctor Jesús Guerrero was prosecuted for aggravated firearm abuse for firing his tear gas pistol at photographer Pablo Grillo during a demonstration in front of Congress on March 12. The decision was made by federal judge María Servini, who established that the Guerrero gendarme fired six shots, violating protocols for the use of […]
"The Criminal Chamber of the [Guatemalan] Supreme Court of Justice overturned the conviction imposed on [journalist] Jose Rubén Zamora for the crime of money laundering in June 2023. This was confirmed by his son, Ramón Zamora. [...] This ruling acquits Zamora of the six-year sentence imposed on him in 2023. At the same time, it […]
"Before journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima entered the [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] headquarters in Bogotá, where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearing on her case was being held, the Prosecutor's Office linked former directors of the [Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol] and [National Penitentiary and Prison Institute], among other former officials, with accusations of […]
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court ruled by majority to overturn a temporary injunction that had been granted by the Supreme Court’s Injunction Chamber in favor of journalist José Rubén Zamora. Although the injunction did not order Zamora’s release, it allowed his case to return to the Third Court of Appeals for a new review of a legal […]
"The Guatemalan Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal by the prosecutor's office seeking to prosecute eight journalists and columnists from the now-defunct media outlet El Periódico who investigated acts of corruption in which judges and prosecutors were implicated. The Supreme Court's ruling, which is provisional, was announced Tuesday [Aug. 26] through social media. The Special […]
"The Tenth Specialized Criminal Court of Bogotá sentenced Giancarlo Auqué De Silvestri, former Director of Intelligence and former Secretary General of the now-defunct Administrative Department of Security (DAS, for its acronym in Spanish), to 12 years and six months in prison. The court ruling holds him responsible for the aggravated psychological torture committed against journalist […]
"Former municipal police officer Clemente Noé 'N' was sentenced to 32 years and six months in prison for the murder of Veracruz journalist José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, who was beheaded in 2015. A judge ordered compensation for damages and suspended the civil and political rights of the former Medellín Municipal Police officer, considering him criminally […]
"The Supreme Court's Criminal Cassation Chamber upheld the conviction of journalist Miller Orlando Rubio Orjuela for conspiracy to commit a crime. Rubio Orjuela, a renowned television journalist, was found guilty of using his profession to benefit the criminal organization led by Pedro Nel Rincón Castillo, alias 'Pedro Orejas,' a drug trafficker extradited to the United […]