Milei ratifies the closure of the Télam news agency

This Monday, March 4, the Buenos Aires Police blocked access to the headquarters of the Télam news agency for its employees, after last Friday President Javier Milei announced the closure of the media outlet after almost 80 years of history. The president, who described Télam as a means of “Kirchnerist propaganda,” is advancing his announced … Read more

Talal Salman: A Legacy in Lebanese Journalism and Al-Safir Newspaper

2023-08-26 14:21:54 Talal Salman is a Lebanese journalist and author, the owner, editor-in-chief and publisher of “Al-Safir” newspaper, from March 1974 until its last issue, on January 4, 2017. Salman was born in the town of Shamstar (eastern Lebanon) in 1938. He began his professional career as an editor for Al-Nidhal newspaper, then worked as … Read more

Attack on Press Freedom: Investigative Journalist’s Phone and Computer Seized

2023-06-21 12:22:23 Wednesday, 06/21/2023, 12:22 p.m The public prosecutor’s office in Klagenfurt confiscated the mobile phone and computer of the Carinthian investigative journalist Franz Miklautz. There is talk of an “extreme blow to press freedom” – the Minister of Justice is now also dealing with the case. Vienna, Klagenfurt – The Association of Editors-in-Chief and … Read more

“Una Semana en el Mundo: Examining Press Freedom in Latin America”

2023-05-06 23:25:00 First modification: 07/05/2023 – 01:25 Thirty years have passed since the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim World Press Freedom Day, and Latin America continues to lead in this matter: different countries in the region are the scene of persecution of journalists, threats, murders, accusations and censorship, among other aspects. … Read more

“Critical Threats to Press Freedom in Latin America: Exposing Attacks and Harassment around the Region”

2023-05-03 02:19:22 Attacks on the media and press representatives are increasing in almost the entire region. It is denounced by the Inter-American Press Association, the IAPA that has just concluded its biannual meeting with an alert about the “critical moment” of democracy in Latin America. The regional organization of media and communicators highlighted the serious … Read more

Reporters Association “Prosecution of reporters who have covered the past 40 years, prosecutors who move on their own”

The Korea Journalists Association (Reporters Association) has taken a critical stance against the prosecution for indicting reporters who covered the 40-year close aides of President Yoon Seok-yeol. On the 14th, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office indicted two UPI News reporters who visited the office of Dongbu Industries to cover former Dongbu Industry Chairman Hwang … Read more

Pedro Castillo: they reject attacks on the press during the president’s speech | POLITICS

online with your attitudes and with the speech that he handled in front of the media in his first year in office, President Pedro Castillo criticized the press during his Thursday’s presentation to Congress. These accusations were rejected by representatives of journalistic associations consulted by El Comercio, who warned of an attempt to position the … Read more

Aníbal Torres compares the press with that of Hitler and Mussolini: They reject a new attack by the prime minister on the media | POLITICS

Last Friday, just two days from kidnapping of journalists from “Fourth Estate” by a peasant patrol from Chadín (Chota, Cajamarca), the head of the Ministerial Cabinet, Hannibal Torresattacked the press again, arguing that it, especially “the capital”, uses “lies as the best instrument to destroy the adversary”, as did the dictators Benito Mussolini, in Italy, … Read more