Mexico’s Foundation for Freedom of Expression (Fundalex) and the Cádiz Press Association (APC) signed an agreement that will allow threatened Mexican journalists to seek refuge in Spain, EFE reports.
The State Human Rights Commission in Jalisco state has issued measures to protect Adriana Luna, a correspondent for Excélsior newspaper and the Imagen media company, who was threatened by the state’s secretary of Public Security, Luis Carlos Nájera, CEPET reports via IFEX.
The editor responsible for judicial coverage at El Tiempo newspaper, Jineth Bedoya Lima, received threats from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after releasing her book about el “Mono Jojoy,” the guerrilla leader killed in September, the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) reports.
The 66th Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Assembly took place in Mérida, Mexico, where the group warned that press freedom in the continent was threatened by violence and political repression, The Canadian Press reports.
Bolivian journalists and news media say the controversial Law Against Racism and all Forms of Discrimination, which was sanctioned Oct. 8 to take effect next January, is already being applied.
The government’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is investigating reports of death threats against Milenio Semanal magazine reporter Jorge Alejandro Medellín, Noroeste reports.
Félix García, a correspondent for several online media outlets and Radio ORO in the southern state of Oaxaca, has reported being attacked by alleged members of the state’s investigative police force, El Universal reports.
The Circle of Paraguayan Judicial Journalists, a group of reporters who cover major court issues, released a statement reporting harassment and intimidation from officials at the country’s top prosecutor’s office who are unhappy with the coverage of several cases.
President Juan Manuel Santos revealed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had been ordered to kill journalist Olga Cecilia Vega, who according to the group had infiltrated the FARC and worked for intelligence agencies from the United States, EFE and RCN Radio reported.
Katherine Izaguirre, a journalist for the Honduran station Globo TV, said several armed individuals kidnapped her for two hours, threatened her, and then stole her camera, El Tiempo reports.
Renowned Dominican journalist Luis Eduardo Lora has reported receiving warnings from the lawyers of two convicted drug traffickers, telling him to retract his writings about them, Diario Libre reports.
According to international organizations, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to practice journalism. Just this year alone Mexico has registered 10 murders, multiple kidnappings and numerous attacks against the media with guns, grenades and bombs. All of these cases have been compiled in a new map of threats to journalism in Mexico, created by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.