"Journalist Paulo Motoryn, editor and reporter for Intercept Brazil in Brasilia, has been receiving sustained threats of death and physical violence since last Thursday, January 13, when he published a report about a fugitive in Argentina. In the report we show that Josiel Gomes de Macedo, sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning a […]
“'We are going to cut your head off.' That has been the strongest of the threats that Yuliana Sanchez receives at least twice a month. In October 2024 for the first time she received a call that destroyed her peace of mind: she was told that she had three days to leave San Vicente del […]
"We reject and express our deep concern over the serious safety risk faced by journalist Edward Fabián Álvarez Rivera of La Chiva de Urabá. Since February 22, he has received death threats on social media from an individual identifying themselves as ‘El Tigre,’ a commander of a front of the National Liberation Army, demanding he […]
“Aldair Garnica Arcos, who identifies himself as executive director of [the Facebook page] Decisión Digital Noticias and collaborator of [the digital media outlet] NBC Diario, expressed on social media his fear of suffering reprisals for allegedly having exposed cases of corruption and human rights violations within the State Attorney General's Office [of Veracruz, Mexico]. According […]
“Journalist Facundo Pastor denounced live on [Argentine TV channel] A24 that he was being threatened by a person named Juan Ignacio, while a report was being broadcast about people arrested during a protest on Wednesday [Feb. 12] against the approval of a new law. Pastor received the messages when images of alleged infiltrators at the […]
“Organizations Article 19 - Office for Mexico and Central America, and Comunicación e Información de la Mujer A.C. (CIMAC) make an urgent call to the authorities of the federal government [of Mexico] and the state of Morelos to safeguard the life and integrity of Yohali Reséndiz, writer and independent journalist, who was the victim of […]
The Attorney General's Office of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, opened an investigation into alleged threats against journalist Norma Galarza Flores by members of the Immediate Reaction Forces of Zacatecas (FRIZ, by its Spanish acronym), part of the State Preventive Police. The threats were allegedly made as a result of an investigation in which the […]
“'We have all your information.' This is part of the message that Colombian journalist Idinael Fernández, who works at Radio Magdalena, received on his cell phone a few days ago. Fernández denounced that he had been threatened by alleged members of the [criminal group] Clan del Golfo. [...] The journalist said that he had received […]
“After journalist Jorge Posadas, correspondent for the UneTV network, denounced death threats via WhatsApp, today [Nov. 2] the Association for Democracy and Human Rights (Asopodehu, by its Spanish acronym) called for protection for the journalist. The executive director of Asopodehu, Dina Meza, made an urgent call for help to [Honduran] President Xiomara Castro, to protect […]
“Colombian journalists face recurring threats from paramilitary groups and criminal gangs. In the last two months, journalists from at least five different media outlets across the country have received a series of threats –including death threats–, leading some journalists to self-censor. President Gustavo Petro has received the most urgent cases directly and has publicly requested […]
"This Thursday [Oct. 10], Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked to 'immediately activate security routes' for the Colombian media outlet Vorágine, which reported threats for its investigations related to paramilitarism and drug trafficking, and six other journalists identified as 'high risk.' [...] Vorágine published a statement on Thursday that said, 'Due to situations that compromise our […]
“The Colombian Media Association (AMI, by its initials in Spanish) –the organization that represents most of the country's print media [...]– published a statement [on Oct. 3] urging citizens to protect the rights of freedom of the press, of information and of expression, in the face of constant threats that seek to ‘limit democracy in […]