"The humanitarian organization Cristosal will file an amparo [injunction] lawsuit with the Supreme Court of El Salvador for failing to investigate the use of state funds for allegedly spying on journalists via Pegasus spyware, one of the organization's lawyers said on Friday (April 28). [Attorney] Jonathan Sisco said that 'we are preparing an amparo lawsuit, […]
“The Association of Surinamese Journalists (ASJ) has strongly condemned the looting, vandalism and attacks on journalists during and after the protests against the Surinamese government on Friday (Feb. 17). […] According to the ASJ – it is a sign on the wall of the country falling into anarchy when independent journalists have suffered in the […]
"2022 has been the most violent year for the press in Latin America and the Caribbean for the last two decades. During the last eleven months, at least 37 journalists have been murdered in connection with their work. Additionally, dozens of journalists have been exiled, imprisoned; hundreds of journalists are still missing, while dozens of […]
"Independent reporter Abraham Jiménez Enoa received on Thu. Nov. 17 the International Press Freedom Award granted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The Cuban journalist, the only Latin American nominated this year, dedicated the award to his colleagues Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca and Jorge Bello Domínguez, currently imprisoned on the island, during his thank […]
"IPI [International Press Institute] and IMS [International Media Support] are proud to announce that distinguished Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a pioneering figure for women in media in the Middle East who was killed while on assignment this year, and El Salvador’s Carlos Dada, co-founder and director of El Faro, one of Latin America’s most prominent […]
"For the civil organization Article 19 there is no doubt: the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is already the most violent against journalists and the media since records have been kept. This was stated this Tuesday, April 5, at a press conference held by Leopoldo Maldonado, director of the organization that defends […]
"The Chamber of Deputies celebrated the approval of the Ingrid Law as a historic advance for the rights of victims and against the re-victimization of women who suffer femicide. All parties approved last week for the first time a reform to the Penal Code that punishes with up to 10 years in prison the dissemination […]