"After several months without information and given the slowdown of proceedings related to the complaints against the former Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Roosevelt Hernandez, the organizations Association for Democracy and Human Rights (Asopodehu) and Young Promoters and Defenders of Human Rights (Joprodeh) demand transparent progress from the Public […]
"Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office dropped the criminal proceedings initiated in 2022 against several journalists by former Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has been sanctioned by the United States for corruption. The decision was confirmed this Monday [June 8] by one of the journalists facing legal prosecution, Alexánder Valdez, after he was notified via a formal […]
“Journalism organizations condemned a decision by the Special Criminal Court of the Barra Funda Forum in São Paulo to order the imprisonment under an open regime of journalist Luan Araújo. In October 2022, Araújo was chased at gunpoint by then-federal lawmaker Carla Zambelli. The prison order was issued by Judge José Fernando Steinberg, who argued […]
"A group of journalists asked Guatemala’s highest court on Tuesday [June 2] to respect freedom of expression during a hearing called by the judicial body to consider a prosecutor's request aiming to reactivate a criminal case against them—a move the media workers label as persecution. The Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity, or FECI, wants a […]
"Journalist and founder of elPeriódico, José Rubén Zamora, has denounced a new attempt to criminally prosecute and imprison him. The journalist said that the public prosecutor's office is reportedly seeking to push for a new arrest warrant related to journalistic investigations published in 2021 concerning the case known as 'La Alfombra Mágica.' This case was […]
"Amid concerns regarding the safety of journalists in various regions of [Colombia]—and the uncertainty (as well as conflicting accounts) surrounding the case of media professional Mateo Pérez in Briceño, Antioquia—the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation has announced a new directive aimed at strengthening investigations into attacks against the press. The entity issued […]
“The U.S. government revoked visas for several members of the board of directors of La Nación S.A., the company confirmed Saturday [April 2] in an official statement. The company did not specify which members had their visas canceled. […] ‘It is unprecedented in Costa Rica’s recent history for visas to be revoked from members of […]
“In Ruling T-084 of 2026, Colombia's Constitutional Court concluded the Seventh Prosecutor’s Office delegated to the Supreme Court violated the rights to due process, access to justice, and access to information of Andrea Aldana, Óscar Parra, and the media outlet Rutas de Conflicto by refusing to recognize them as victims in the criminal investigation into […]
"The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE, by its acronym in Portuguese) unanimously decided this Thursday, April 23, to open a process to investigate Google for alleged excessive use of news without authorization from journalistic outlets, with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The case originated in CADE itself, which saw the need to […]
"Venezuela's National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish) denounced this Monday [April 20] that a court denied the termination of the case against journalist and former political prisoner Carlos Julio Rojas, following a delay of more than a month in responding to his request for amnesty. In a message posted on […]
"The Venezuelan judicial system has once again closed the doors to the complete freedom of journalist and former political prisoner Rory Daniel Branker. On April 6, 2026, through a judicial order issued by the First Court of First Instance (Trial Jurisdiction) with competence in Terrorism cases, the denial of his amnesty request was made public. […]
"The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its Spanish initials)—Capital District Chapter—presented its updated assessment of the state of freedom of expression in Venezuela, warning of the consolidation of control mechanisms that stifle professional practice. According to the professional association, the use of the justice system has evolved into a tool of 'silent harassment' aimed […]