News of journalist

Second suspect for murder of Corrientes journalist indicted for homicide

29-05-2023 17:25 Second person arrested for the murder of Corrientes journalist Griselda Blanco refuses to testify in court. Initial suspect, another former partner, released from custody.

JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD

Corrientes journalist who denounced police abuses found ‘beaten and strangled’

22-05-2023 12:13 Body of Griselda Blanco, journalist who denounced alleged police abuses in Corrientes Province, found beaten and hanged at her home in Curuzú Cuatiá; Ex-partner arrested, but family members say death could be linked to previous reporting.

And that reminds me…

Fake news and the real thing

10-09-2022 02:57 Just as the trial of the junta dictators served as a catalyst to unify a newly democratic society, so the shock of the assassination attempt could have been a golden opportunity to consign polarisation to the past.

by Michael Soltys

OBITUARY

Argentina mourns loss of journalist Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú

07-09-2022 02:48 Iconic broadcaster passes away at the age of 91.

Murder in the Amazon

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

24-06-2022 11:13 Bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira handed over to their families, nearly two-and-a-half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon.

Murder in the Amazon

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?

Murder in the Amazon

Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings

18-06-2022 21:13 British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police confirm.

Murder in the Amazon

Brazil police '99% sure' that bodies found in Amazon are missing duo

17-06-2022 09:44 Suspect reveals where bodies of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira are buried; Police say they’re ‘99%’ sure that remains found in Amazon are missing duo; Bolsonaro blamed as evidence mounts of murders.

KILLED IN THE AMAZON

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: two men who loved the Amazon

16-06-2022 13:03 Veteran British freelance journalist Dom Phillips and respected Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira shared a passion for the farthest reaches of the Amazon rainforest. The duo, both courageous adventurers who loved the rainforest and its peoples, each defended the region in his own way.

Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira

Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

16-06-2022 10:46 One of two men arrested over the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Brazilian Amazon confesses to having buried the pair in the jungle.

MISSING IN AMAZON

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

CONCERNS AFTER THREATS

British journalist, indigenous expert missing in Brazil

06-06-2022 21:17 A British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert have gone missing in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest after receiving threats, authorities and indigenous-rights groups said Monday, raising fears for their safety.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court finds Colombia responsible for rape, torture of journalist

19-10-2021 09:05 Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules Colombia bears responsibility for the ordeal of a female journalist Jineth Bedoya, who was kidnapped, raped and then tortured in 2000 by far-right paramilitaries.