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January 15, 2025

Venezuela Detains Journalist Covering Protest on “Terrorism” Charges

January 15, 2025 – Venezuela – Venezuelan authorities detained journalist Leandro Palmar, news director of Luz Radio at the University of Zulia, and his assistant, Belises […]
December 24, 2024

Two Journalists and a Police Officer Killed in Haiti Hospital Reopening Gang Ambush

December 24, 2024 – Haiti – armed gang members attacked journalists and police at the reopening ceremony of Port-au-Prince’s State University Hospital (HUEH). The attempt to […]
December 21, 2024

Venezuelan Reporter Ana Carolina Guaita Released After Detention

December 21, 2024 – Venezuela – Venezuelan journalist Ana Carolina Guaita, a reporter for the critical digital outlet La Patilla, was formally released on December 21, 2024, after more than […]
December 11, 2024

Exiled Journalist Juan Luis Font Targeted by Government

December 11, 2024 – Guatemala – Guatemalan authorities issued an arrest warrant for prominent investigative journalist Juan Luis Font, currently exiled in France. Font, co-director of the radio […]
November 22, 2024

Colombian Journalist Steven Andrés Fajardo Shot Dead in Antioquia, Press Groups Demand Justice

November 22, 2024 – Colombia – Colombian journalist and radio presenter Steven Andrés Fajardo was shot and killed in the town of Doradal, Antioquia. Fajardo, who […]
October 30, 2024

Haiti and Israel Top Global Shame List for Journalist Killings

October 30, 2024 – Palestine/Haiti – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) 2024 Global Impunity Index, Haiti and Israel are now the countries most […]
October 4, 2024

Judicial Harassment in Peru: Paola Ugaz’s Communications Secrecy Lifted

October 04, 2024 – Peru – Peruvian investigative journalist Paola Ugaz—known for exposing sexual, physical, and financial abuses within the Catholic lay organization Sodalitium Christianae Vitae—faces […]