Mexican Militia Group Threatens Proceso Reporter Ezequiel Flores
“That a group can post on its social media what amounts to a plan to abduct a reporter shows how far out of control the violence is in Guerrero state,”
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Journalists Assaulted While Covering COVID-19 Measures in Haiti
Haitian authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into the assault on a group of journalists at the National Identification Office in Port-au-Prince.
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Bolivia Criminalizes ‘Disinformation’ on COVID-19 Outbreak
Bolivian authorities should reform the country’s lockdown decree to ensure that journalists cannot face jail time for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New Puerto Rico Law Threatens Jail for Spreading ‘False Information’ on COVID-19
Puerto Rican authorities should guarantee that journalists can cover the COVID-19 pandemic without fear of government retaliation.
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Reporter Barbara Figueroa Rosa on Covering Puerto Rico’s Coronavirus Outbreak
Journalists in Puerto Rico already mistrust the local and federal authorities, after the botched response to the devastating 2017 hurricane.
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Reporter denied access to Florida governor’s briefing on COVID-19
Mary Ellen Klas, the bureau chief for the Miami Herald in Tallahassee: “I asked for social distancing. I didn’t ask to be excluded.”
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Venezuelan Journalist Arrested Following Coronavirus Coverage
Rojas, a freelance journalist who publishes his reporting to his social media accounts, was detained yesterday around 9:00 p.m. at his home in Caracas.
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Harassment of Journalists Jeopardizes Public Safety amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Growing intimidation and repression of journalists reporting on the coronavirus threatens public health in some countries, says press freedom monitors.
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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…
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