"The Fifth Prosecutor's Office before the Supreme Court of Justice opened an investigation against the governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, for his alleged participation in the murder of journalist Jaime Vásquez, from Cúcuta, in a pastry shop in the city. Last April, Vásquez was attacked around 8:30 a.m. in La Riviera (Cúcuta) while […]
“Through his X (Twitter) account, President Gustavo Petro announced that he has authorized Army General Juan Miguel Huertas and Director of Intelligence Wilmar Mejía to file criminal complaints against Noticias Caracol and El Tiempo. This comes in response to investigations presented by the two media outlets regarding alleged links between high-ranking Army officers and alias […]
"Brazilian radio station Jovem Pan was ordered by the Federal Court of São Paulo to pay a compensation of 1.5 million Brazilian reais [around US$280,000] for collective moral damages. The decision [...] is considered by legal experts to be a dangerous tool for protecting authorities. The network was accused by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office […]
"Abraji repudiates the conviction of Agência Pública in the claim for damages filed by former president of the Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira and warns of the risks that the sentence handed down by the 8th Civil Court of Brasília poses to the practice of journalism. In a decision dated Sept. 23, Judge Leandro Borges […]
"A sentencing court on Wednesday sentenced Paraguayan media commentator Carlos Granada Fernández to 10 years in prison for the alleged crimes of abuse, coercion and sexual coercion, following a case brought in 2022 by six women journalists who had worked under his supervision. The panel — Judges Laura Ocampo, Cándida Fleitas and Juan Pablo Mendoza […]
"The Judiciary rejected the application of the statute of limitations for crimes against humanity, as requested by Daniel Urresti's legal defense, and upheld his 12-year prison sentence for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos. [...] The prosecutor opposed the defense's request for the former minister to apply Law 31207 regarding the statute of limitations for […]
"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 […]