Canadian Police Asked to Allow Journalists to Freely Cover Matters of Public Interest
We write to express our concern at the treatment of journalists covering protests against the construction of a gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory…
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Guatemalan Journalist Bryan Guerra Shot Dead in Chiquimula
Guerra covered sports and news in Chiquimula for TLCOM and was also the vice president of the Network of Social Communicators of Chiquimula…
Daniel Ortega Minions Threaten to Kill Journalist Jennifer Ortiz
Journalist Jennifer Ortiz, director of the Nicaragua Investiga platform, denounced the latest death threats from supporters of the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Ortega Supporters Attack Journalists Covering Funeral in Nicaragua
“It is unacceptable that Nicaraguan police stood idly by while journalists were attacked at a public event,” said a CPJ Program Coordinator Natalie Southwick
To Attack a Female Journalist’s Credibility, Go After Her Body
“It’s an attempt to discredit the work of us female journalists,” says political journalist Juliana Dal Piva.
Journalist Daysi Lizeth Mina Huamán Still Missing in Peru
Mina, a reporter for the television broadcaster Cable VRAEM in the central Peruvian city of Ayacucho, has been missing since January 26.
Journalists at Honduran Outlet El Perro Amarillo Receive Death Threats Online
CPJ called the Honduran attorney general’s office and Danilo Morales, the director of the protection mechanism, for comment, but no one answered the calls.
Canadian police arrest journalist/filmmaker Melissa Cox for reporting on rail blockade
On February 24, Royal Canadian Police arrested Cox, a documentary filmmaker while she was covering the blockade of a train track near New Hazelton, BC.
Inter-American Court to hear El Universo’s Case against Defamation Suit
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hear the case of Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo
Mexican Radio Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Juárez
In Mexico, a radio broadcaster was shot to death Tuesday afternoon outside her home in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. She was known as Bárbara Greco.