"A far-right activist from Portugal, accused of making death threats to a Brazilian journalist, was arrested on Tuesday (Oct. 21) in Vila Nova, in the Metropolitan region of Porto, in the north of the country, and had his preventive detention ordered by the Court after going through his first hearing this Thursday (Oct. 23). Bruno […]
The organization Article 19 reported alleged threats and intimidation against Mexican journalist Antonio Nieto by Senator Ricardo Sheffield, following the publication of an article on an investigation by the Mexican Attorney General's Office that allegedly links the senator to a corruption case. Sheffield denied the existence of such an investigation and accused Nieto of fabricating […]
“At President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference on Monday [Oct. 6], San Luis Potosí journalist Anahí Torres denounced that she and two other colleagues were the victims of ‘an attack.’ The attack occurred on Oct. 2, just after Torres posted about an ‘alleged espionage network in the state’ that ‘due to its reach on social […]
“Radio Universal, a media outlet based in Ayaviri [Peru], reported that three bullets were found as a threat directed against journalist Dennis Muñoz, director of the news program Chekaq Willakuykuna – Rijchariy Melgarino, one at the main door of the radio station and two at his home during the early hours of the morning. According […]
"Journalists in Chilpancingo [in the Mexican state of Guerrero] issued a statement saying that media workers are going through the worst period in their history: ‘Never before has freedom of expression been so threatened and at risk, both due to organized crime violence and the censorship imposed by those in political power and control of […]
“During the inauguration of the still-unfinished Via Expresa Sur megaproject, Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga held a press conference, during which he attacked journalist Gustavo Gorriti and threatened to kill him using slang from the Peruvian underworld. 'We have to take this gentleman out once and for all,' he said, indicating that Gorriti would be […]
The Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP, for its acronym in Spanish) strongly rejected and condemned the intimidation and threats against journalist Luis Fernando Ramos Tenazoa, former president of the Federated Center of Journalists of Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. On Aug. 26, the organization issued a statement denouncing that Ramos Tenazoa had received death […]
The risk of practicing journalism in Central America is increasing, according to journalists who participated in the meeting “Press, freedom of expression, risks and elections” held on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The meeting was organized by the Central American Journalists Network (RCP, by its acronym in Spanish) and included reflection and debate on […]
"The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Minjusdh, for its acronym in Spanish) announced that it has activated the Intersectoral Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders on behalf of journalist Manuel Calloquispe Flores, after learning of the serious risk he faces in the Madre de Dios region. [...] The case has raised concerns […]
"Journalist Aníbal Gómez Caballero, with a long career in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, has received new death threats via WhatsApp related to his radio journalism work and his reports on possible corruption in local politics. The Paraguayan Journalists' Union and the International Federation of Journalists absolutely condemn these threats and demand that the […]
"Shalma Castillo, a journalist with media outlet Artículo 7 has been threatened and had her cell phone hacked and blocked after publishing an investigation into the relationship between the government of the [Mexican state of] Tamaulipas and a businessman linked to drug trafficking. The National Union of Press Writers (SNRP, for its acronym in Spanish) […]
"The governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes, of União Brasil, and his son, businessman Luís Antônio Mendes, were defeated in the state court in an attempt to censor reports that revealed, in July 2023, that Luís Antônio was being investigated in a Federal Police operation against the illegal purchase of mercury for mining. [...] Judge […]