A journalist and human rights activist has been found dead in Honduras. Erick Martínez Ávila, who worked for the Honduran LGBT group Kukulcán, was...
Honduras: Journalist, human rights defender killed
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CATEGORY: Americas
United States: Twitter refuses to release tweets of protester
Twitter refused to hand over the tweets of a Occupy Wall Street protester to New York authorities on Monday. The social media giant rejected a court...
Argentina: Journalist beaten to death
A reporter was beaten to death as he entered his home in Neuquén, Argentina, on 29 April. Adolfo Salazar, journalist and owner of the FM radio...
Three photographers found dismembered in Veracruz
The bodies of three photographers from the city of Veracruz --- Gabriel Huge, Gabriel Luna Varela, Guillermo Rodriguez--- were found dismembered and...
Mexico: Journalist protection law approved
Mexico's Congress this week approved a law for the protection of human rights workers and journalists. The law requires that journalists and media...
Colombia: French journalist suspected kidnapped
Update 02 May 2012: Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) confirmed in a statement today that they are holding French journalist Roméo...
Crime reporter Regina Martinez murdered in Veracruz
Another journalist was killed this weekend in the southern Mexican state of Veracruz. The body of Regina Martinez, a reporter for the political...
USA: CISPA cybersecurity bill passed by House of Representatives
Legislation which aims to prevent attacks on USA infrastructure and private companies has been approved, despite objections from Barack Obama's...
Honduras: TV presenter murdered
A prominent Honduran TV presenter was murdered on Monday morning. Noel Alexander Valladares, host of popular show El Tecolote (“The Owl”) on Maya...
Brazil: Police officer killed while investigating journalist’s murder
A police officer investigating a journalist’s murder was shot dead on Saturday by two men on a motorcycle in Ponta Porã on the Brazil-Paraguay...
Satirical viral video removed after political panic
In Mexico, a video showing child actors acting as corrupt politicians, drug traffickers and police on the take has gone viral. Uploaded on You...
Wiretapping in Mexico: A threat to free expression?
Wiretapping has become so fashionable in Mexico that it could pose a problem for freedom of expression. The latest victim of this type of espionage...
