Mexican Media Workers Demand End to Impunity for Murderers
Members of the media took to the streets for a second round of massive protests in response to ongoing murders of Mexican journalists.
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Heber Lopez 5th Journalist Killed in Mexico in 2022
Heber Lopez, the director of the online news site NoticiasWeb, was shot and killed at his office in the southern state of Oaxaca on Thursday.
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Kangaroo Court Convicts Nicaraguan Journalist of Conspiracy
In a closed-door trial on February 8, Mendoza was convicted of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and disseminating false news…
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Venezuelan Gov. Blocks More Independent News Sites
Fresh blocks on a handful of Venezuela’s few remaining independent news websites are a troubling sign of escalating press censorship…
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Proposed Law in Cuba Could Have ‘Catastrophic Effect’…
Cuba’s Supreme Tribunal proposed a bill amending the penal code to prohibit Cuban citizens from receiving foreign funding…
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Fourth Mexican Journalist Murdered in 2022
“Today the threats were ultimately fulfilled. One of our colleagues died at the hands of three people who shot him in a cowardly manner.”
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Brazil Mayor Endangers Journalist by Publicizing Screenshot
The video was allegedly in retaliation to Grizotti’s report earlier this month on allegations of corruption involving the mayor…
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Journalist Who Feared for Her Life Murdered in Tijuana
Maldonado is the second journalist killed in Tijuana in less than a week. On January 17, photojournalist Margarito Martínez was shot dead.
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Brazilian Journalist Attacked at Adesso TV Office Entrance
Carniel told CPJ that, while hitting him, the man said, “This is so you learn not to denounce things, say bad things about others…
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Mexican Journalist Margarito Martínez Shot Dead in Tijuana
Martínez covered police and crime for local outlets and worked as a fixer for international media, including the BBC.
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