"Patricia Orozco, former director of Onda Local and director of the digital media outlet Agenda Propia, announced that she has gone into exile and denounced that the Property Administration expropriated her home that had been granted to her by the State and where she has lived with her family for 36 years. 'The Property Administration […]
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 61/2021 on Aug. 11, 2021, by which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena, after considering that he is in a serious and urgent situation of risk of irreparable damage to his rights. According to the request, Mr. Mora continued […]
"Journalist Marisol Balladares Blanco and her daughter Gloria Elena Escorcia Balladres are the most recent faces of the persecution and the collateral effects of the harassment against freedom of expression and freedom of the press suffered by journalists in Nicaragua. Balladares and her daughter left everything behind in their native country due to the harassment they […]
"Nicaraguan media critical of Daniel Ortega's government decided to suppress writer bylines in news articles as a protection measure, according to a report released on Tuesday [Aug. 10], which warned that at least 11 journalists have left the country for security reasons. 'Given the escalation of attacks and threats to the independent press, as of […]
"The Voces del Sur (VDS) network presented the Shadow Report 2020 that compiles alerts related to violations of freedom of expression, freedom of the press and access to information that occurred in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [...] The regional results […]
"On July 11, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 52/21, in which it granted precautionary measures in favour of Willih Francisco Narváez González and Alberto José Miranda Herrera, after considering that they find themselves in a situation of serious and urgent risk of irreparable damage to their rights in Nicaragua. According […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a gallery of grim portraits, those of 37 heads of state or government who crack down massively on press freedom. Some of these 'predators of press freedom' have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist... [...] The new entrants also include predators […]
"Journalists from Latin America warned about the use of new forms of judicial harassment –among them the Lawfare theory– by certain political sectors against journalism in the region. The most serious example was when on Tuesday [June 22] the 'justice' of the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua raided the home of investigative journalist Carlos Fernando […]
"Nicaraguan journalist Julio López, of the Onda Local digital portal, reported this Thursday [June 24] that he has gone into exile after learning that he had immigration retention and that he would be cited for a case of alleged money laundering for which the nonprofit directed by opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, daughter of former president […]
"On the night of June 21, the Nicaraguan police arrested the sports journalist Miguel Ángel Mendoza Urbina. The government of Daniel Ortega confirmed his arrest on a press release which expressed that the journalist is investigated for: 'Carrying out acts that undermine independence, sovereignty, and self-determination, inciting foreign interference in internal affairs, requesting military interventions, […]
"Journalist and director of CONFIDENCIAL and Esta Semana, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, confirmed that he left Nicaragua for the second time, after the National Police raided his home on the night of this Monday, June 21. 'My wife Desirée Elizondo and I left Nicaragua to protect our freedom. Doing journalism and reporting the truth is not […]
"Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, winner of the 38th Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards, denounced on Monday (06.21.2021) the raid on his home as part of the wave of arrests against opposition political leaders and businessmen, with five months until elections in which the president, Daniel Ortega, seeks his third re-election for a fourth consecutive […]