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Colombian Journalist Andres Guevara Murdered

In the city of Cali, Colombia, an unidentified assailant shot Guevara four times while he was talking with a friend in front of his home.

The words “Murder the Media” were etched on a door inside, and individuals repeatedly threatened reporters and smashed their equipment.

Police raided the house of “Radio Dario” director Anibal Toruño in Leon. Agents warned that they seek to incriminate him for drug trafficking.

Ferreira woke up at home in the city of Araçatuba, in Brazil’s southern São Paulo state, and found his car in flames in his garage,

An unidentified individual on a motorcycle approached Canelas’ car while he was parked outside a convenience store and shot him dead.

Shortly before the attack, Castaño had dismounted his motorcycle to photograph the bodies of two shooting victims on the side of a highway.

Journalist Luz Escobar suffers an undeclared house arrest since Dec. 4th enforced by Cuban State Security to prevent independent reporting.

In eastern Afghanistan, gunmen shot and killed television journalist Malalai Maiwand. She was on her way to work in the city of Jalalabad.

“Subpoenaing a news organization to turn over its source material sets a dangerous legal precedent and undermines trust in the media.”

The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with potentially deadly consequences.