"The Colombian State acknowledged before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) its international responsibility for the death of journalist and comedian Jaime Garzón, the National Agency for the Legal Defense of the State (Andje, for its acronym in Spanish) reported this Monday [June 9]. 'By decision of the Colombian State (…) we have taken […]
"In a statement, the Association of Journalists of Paraguay (SPP, for its initials in Spanish) took a position on the aggression suffered by a journalist and other colleagues at the hands of local officials during a protest this Monday [June 9] in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. On Monday morning, several local officials demonstrated at […]
"The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its initials in Spanish) issued a statement on Monday, June 9, in which it denounced a possible plan by the Salvadoran government to detain journalists of the digital news outlet El Faro. According to the statement, the journalists canceled return flights from Costa Rica to El […]
“The director of news portal Portavoz MX, Andrés Pérez Mendiola, requested the intervention of the State Commission for the Protection and Attention of Journalists (CEAPP, by its Spanish acronym) after allegedly suffering a threat from the mayor of the municipality of Cazones [in the Mexican state of Veracruz], Miguel Ángel Uribe Toral, related to Pérez […]
"A group of representatives presented a bill that seeks to provide a framework of protection for journalists, photojournalists and press workers to ensure the free and safe exercise of their work in the face of the constant attacks and risks to which they are exposed daily. [...] 'This initiative is presented as a tool to […]
"Journalist Saúl Ortega Ortiz was found dead inside a home in the municipality of Guadalupe, Zacatecas, on Monday, June 2. According to the report from the Attorney General's Office of the State of Zacatecas, the incident was a suicide, which they learned of around 8:20 p.m. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities located the man's […]
“In response to repeated police attacks on press workers carrying out their jobs, the Buenos Aires Press Union (SiPreBA), a member of the Argentine Federation of Press Workers (FATPREN), with support from the International Federation of Journalists and the Democracy at Work program, has acquired personal protective equipment to distribute to self-managed media outlets and […]
"The killing of journalist Javier Antonio Hércules Salinas has sparked widespread criticism across Honduran society, particularly targeting the Protection Mechanism overseen by the Secretariat of Human Rights (SEDH for its initials in Spanish). It was the minister of the SEDH, Héctor Becerra, who revealed that Hércules had been granted five protection measures by the government’s […]
"The National Association of Journalists (CNP, for its Spanish acronym) of Venezuela has made an urgent call for the release of 16 press workers detained in the context of political instability following the elections held in July last year. These elections gave a disputed victory to President Nicolás Maduro and, as a result, left a […]
"Radio Fides and Agencia de Noticias Fides journalist David Pizarro was attacked on Thursday, May 29, with pepper spray by a riot police officer while he was recording images of the arrest of demonstrators on Belisario Salinas street in La Paz, Bolivia. Pizarro, along with other reporters, was reporting for his media outlet on the […]
"ARTICLE 19 condemns the arbitrary detention of Carlos Milanés, an independent journalist for ADN Cuba, Cubanet and Radio Martí, on May 25 this year in Havana, by State Security agents. The incident was compounded by multiple aggressions such as threats of disappearance, physical aggressions, a raid on his home and the destruction of several personal […]
"Protests in Argentina are becoming the scene of widespread repression, with members of the press being targeted by the country's armed forces. Public security actors, who should protect and guarantee security during peaceful demonstrations, are instead deliberately obstructing press coverage through the use of violence. Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its initials in French) condemns […]