"The weather forecast warned us early on. That July 17, 1986, was going to be a scorching day in Matamoros, Tamaulipas: thermometers were already reading 28 degrees Celsius [82°F] before seven in the morning. In the distance, I managed to spot the small Ford Bronco truck belonging to [El Popular] director Ernesto Flores Torrijos parked […]
"Several news websites that had been censored for years in Venezuela were unblocked this Thursday [September 17] by the telecommunications regulator, with newsroom executives celebrating having survived the digital silence. The announcement came ahead of Thursday's second round of political talks between the interim government and a faction of the opposition, which will address freedom […]
"Since noon Thursday, September 10, several journalists in the department of Arauca have received an identical text message accusing them of being alleged "mouthpieces for the ELN" and warning them that it is "forbidden to continue playing that game, or they won't be held responsible." We reject these threats and stigmatizations that put the safety […]
The Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (ICLEP) reported that Cuban authorities are carrying out political persecution against journalists Yunia Figueredo and Frank Correa, a freelance reporting couple, and extending the harassment to their daughter. According to ICLEP, on September 4, a local police sector chief in Jaimanitas, a Havana neighborhood, verbally notified […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed concern over a Costa Rican government decree that classifies as state secret a broad range of information related to the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security (DIS), the National Public Security Council, and the Fuerza Élite working group. The hemispheric organization warned that such a broad measure could […]
"Human rights defender Dina Meza is reporting an increase in threats against journalists in Honduras. She warned more than a dozen media professionals have received intimidations this year, while other journalists have decided not to report them out of fear of retaliation. 'We are very worried because we have more than 12 journalists threatened in […]
"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 […]
The Honduran National Commissioner for Human Rights (Conadeh) said Sunday (May 24) that it has received 154 complaints from journalists at risk or victims of internal forced displacement due to violence from 2016 to March 2026, and called on the government to adopt effective measures to protect them. Marking Honduran Journalists’ Day, observed on May […]
“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 […]
“Under the protection of Article 18 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a group of opposition figures and dissidents from the Colorado Party […] formally requested the Attorney General open a criminal investigation into the possible misuse of state funds to finance online disinformation campaigns aimed at attacking the press and political opponents, and promoting partisan […]
"Last Friday, April 10, journalist Gabriel Jesús Chan Uicab was physically assaulted and kept from reporting by two officers from the Yucatán Public Security Secretariat in Dzununcán, Mérida. Chan, a reporter for Diario de Yucatán, had gone to cover a car accident at the kilometer 6 overpass of Mérida’s peripheral road. The incident allegedly involved […]
“The Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) reported that journalist Yeison Rojas, a correspondent for Teleantioquia in the Urabá subregion, was threatened by alleged members of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), who ordered him to leave the territory with his family before midnight on March 2. According to the organization, Rojas received a phone […]