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Mexican police reporter kidnapped
Mexican authorities of the state of Sonora in northeastern Mexico, confirmed the kidnapping of a police beat journalist who covers local security and justice issues, on Thursday, May 17, reported the Associated Press. Read more »
CPJ launches "Critics Are Not Criminals" campaign to combat the criminalization of free speech in the Americas
Spotlighting Ecuador as one of the countries in the Americas where free speech is in jeopardy, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has launched a new campaign against the criminalization of free speech. The campaign, "Critics Are Not Criminals," comes as journalists throughout Latin America increasingly are facing lawsuits, jail time, and even death for exercising freedom of expression -- the right to which the Inter American Commission on Human Rights has deemed as "indispensable" for democracy. Read more »
Killing of kidnapped journalist in Honduras reveals inefficiency of government, increasing reach of organized crime
As the investigation into the kidnapping and killing of Honduran journalist Alfredo Villatoro, continues, the local press is reporting on possible motives and suspects behind the crime. Read more »
Brazil's new information access law goes into effect
Brazilians can now count on an Information Access Law to obtain data and non-secret government documents without having to provide justification for their information requests. The information access law went into effect on Wednesday, May 16, making Brazil one of 91 countries with freedom of informationlaws, reported ABC News and the newspaper Zero Hora. Also, the decree that regulates this law was signed by President Dilma Rousseff. Read more »
Bolivian Senate proposes law to regulate social networks
The Bolivian Senate has proposed a bill that would regulate social networks, and would be attached to the Law to Fight Against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination, reported the news site Eju TV. Read more »
Brazilian journalist accuses mayor of pressuring radio station
Brazilian radio journalist José Luiz Datena, said on Tuesday, May 15, on his morning radio show that the station was suffering pressure from the mayor of São Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, due to the accusations that the journalist made on his TV program Brasil Urgente, according to the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. Read more »
Venezuelan crossword puzzle writer accused of inciting killing of Chavez's brother with hidden message
Venezuelan writer Neptali Segovia, who creates crossword puzzles for the newspaper Últimas Noticias, was accused of sending a hidden message inciting the killing of Adán Chávez, President Hugo Chávez's brother, reported the BBC. Read more »
Round two of Knight News Challenge to open May 31, focus on data
The Knight Foundation has announced round two of its Knight News Challenge, which begins May 31 and continues through June 20. This second round is focused on data, seeking applicants with ideas about how to "help unlock the power of data, by collecting, processing, visualizing or otherwise making it available, understandable and actionable," according to the announcement on the Knight Blog. Read more »
Terrorist attack against journalist causes panic in Bogota, Colombia
A bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia, almost taking the life of ex-official turned journalist Fernando Londoño Hoyos, and leaving at least two dead and 40 people injured while creating chaos, panic, and confusion in the capital on Tuesday, May 15, reported the Daily News and the news agency EFE. Read more »
Three Argentine journalists receive death threats in three days
At least three Argentine journalists were threatened in recent days, reported the radio station FM Activa. Read more »
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