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  • Alfredo Jiménez Mota (almargen.com.mx)

    2013 - 4 - 2

    Alfredo Jiménez Mota cumple 8 años desaparecido

    A la sociedad: Hoy se cumplen 8 años de la desaparición del colega Alfredo Jiménez Mota, ocurrida el 2 de abril de 2005. Para la Asociación de Periodistas y Comunicadores 7 de Junio la impunidad que prevalece en este caso constituye la coronación del fracaso del Estado mexicano en materia del respeto a la Libertad de Expresión, uno de los derechos fundamentales consagrados en nuestra Carta Magna.

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  • Rodrigo Neto (www.english.rfi.fr)

    2013 - 4 - 2

    Manifestação pelos 30 dias do assassinato de Rodrigo Neto

    Na próxima segunda-feira (8), uma manifestação no Centro de Ipatinga vai marcar os 30 dias decorridos desde a execução do jornalista Rodrigo Neto. O movimento articulado pelo Comitê Rodrigo Neto acontece às 13h, na Praça 1º de Maio.

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  • Rodrigo Neto de Faria (noticiasriobrasil.com.br)

    2013 - 3 - 20

    OAB pede PF em investigação do assassinato de jornalista em Ipatinga

    A Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) e a Comissão de Direitos Humanos da Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais reivindicam a presença da Polícia Federal (PF) nas investigações da morte do jornalista mineiro Rodrigo Neto de Faria, de 38 anos. Faria foi assassinado a tiros no dia 8, em Ipatinga, no Vale do Aço, quando deixava um bar em companhia de amigos.

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  • Vladimir Herzog (Instituto Vladimir Herzog)

    2013 - 3 - 15

    Família de Herzog recebe nova certidão de óbito

    São Paulo – A família de Vladimir Herzog recebeu hoje (15), durante ato público da 68 ª Caravana da Anistia, organizada pela Comissão de Anistia do Ministério da Justiça, o novo atestado de óbito do jornalista, torturado e morto nas dependências do DOI-Codi, em 1975, durante a ditadura militar.

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  • Mafaldo Bezerra Goes (serido190.com)

    2013 - 2 - 26

    Murders in Brazil, Peru bring IAPA protest

    The murder of two journalists over the weekend in Brazil and Peru brought a sharp protest today from the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).

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  • Ricardo Gangeme, Argentina Everyone agrees that his death was for revenge over his constant accusations of shady dealin...
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  • Carlos Quispe Quispe, Bolivia Quispe died from a beating by unknown thugs who stormed the studios of Radio Pucarani, 50 ki...
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  • IVAN ROCHA, Brazil Rocha courageously denounced the existence of a "crime syndicate" -- a group which...
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  • NIVANILDO BARBOSA LIMA, Brazil Two days after he disappeared at nine o'clock on his way to Perpetuo Socorro Church for ...
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  • MARIA NILCE MAGALHÃES DOS SANTOS, Brazil Read more
  • ELIZABETH OBANDO MURCIA, Colombia Elizabeth was the youngest of the three Obando Murcia children. She earned her living sellin...
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  • JAIME GARZON,Colombia As a journalist, Garzon injected political humor into his radio and TV programs on the news ...
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  • Orlando Sierra, Colombia Orlando Sierra Hernández, shot three times in the head on January 30, 2002, fought ag...
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  • JAIRO ELÍAS MÁRQUEZ, Colombia
    He knew that his irreverence and constant criticism of the brash corruption in Armenia could...
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  • GUSTAVO RUIZ CANTILLO, Colombia

    Ruiz Cantillo was a native of Pivijay, a town in the northern coast of Colombia’s Magdalena department -- capital Santa Marta --  and home to a critical part of the country’s  history, especially in terms of the violence that has plagued the area: the banana dispute of 1928, fatal conflicts brought on by the marijuana bonanza of  the 70's, and the presence since the 80s of paramilitary groups and guerrillas who  use blood and firearms to gain control over the territory and local politics.

    Gustavo Ruiz Cantillo was born, grew up, went to school and learned the reality of his surroundings there to become became a radio journalist, a job he held for 10 years. He knew his community well and adopted an approach that gained him an audience but at the same time brought him risks: he had credibility and always told the truth. And, during his last three years he denounced, based on his own investigation or using the police as a source, the armed groups that were creating uncertainty - and death - among the population.

    He knew very well that Pivijay was controlled by the paramilitaries, that there was  corruption, robbery and theft, that teachers were not paid, and that they raised the rates for the deficient electric utility at will. The reporter kept his large audience by calling attention to all the irregularities in the region. He was a brave and determined defender of freedom of expression, despite the dismal record of Magdalena where 12 journalists had been killed over the past decade.

    But Ruiz Cantillo did not take the necessary safety precautions despite having been stopped on a Pivijay street at noon by three strangers who threatened him, saying: "Don’t  be a squealer. Something bad could happen to you." He only told his brother-in-law, asking him to keep it quiet so the family wouldn’t be alarmed. And he figured out immediately that it was related to his radio reports on the increase in assaults and murders in rural areas and the actions of illegal armed squads.

    A month late Ruiz became the next journalist to be gunned down. At five in the afternoon on November 15, 2000, he crossed the town's market square, not realizing that two men were following him. One of them shot him in the head from behind.

    When the IAPA arrived to check out the investigative process, the case file was tossed on the floor of the Santa Marta’s Special Prosecutor’s office and the official  argued that "time limits ran out and it was not possible to identify anyone involved ." At the request of the IAPA, in February, 2006, the case was transferred to the Human Rights Unit in Bogotá, where the it was reopened and the Prosecutor ordered the implication and capture of several involved, including a paramilitary leader who had been extradited to the U.S., and requested the Criminal Court of Santa Marta to hand down the corresponding sentences.  ...
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  • PARMENIO MEDINA PEREZ, Costa Rica A fellow Colombian had warned him not to uncover what he should not even touch, something th...
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  • IRMA FLAQUER, Guatemala. She was a psychologist and journalist. At one time in her youth she had thought of becoming ...
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  • BRAD WILL, American in Mexico Photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Ronald Bradley Will traveled over 3,000 miles from...
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  • ALFREDO JIMÉNEZ MOTA, Mexico A friend and several ot...
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  • Héctor  Felix  Miranda,  Mexico The clock said 10 past nine in the morning on April 20, 1988. Hector "El Gato" F&e...
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  • VICTOR MANUEL OROPEZA, México A homeopathic doctor, journalist and as well an avid reader. Also a sportsman, excelling in ...
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  • FRANCISCO ORTIZ FRANCO, Mexico He was just getting into his car with two of his young children when a hooded stranger appro...
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  • Armando "El Choco" Rodriguez, Mexico He was settling into hi...
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  • Alberto Rivera Fernández, Peru Since he was killed on April 21, 2004, the colleagues and family of journalist and former Pe...
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  • SANTIAGOLEGUIZAMON, Paraguay
    Leguizamon was an aircraft mechanic who, through training and experience, became a flight en...
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