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Link to: IAPA protests actions against journalists in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina

IAPA protests actions against journalists in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina

The Inter American Press Association is urging authorities in Panama, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina to investigate cases of intimidation of journalists in those countries that are seriously restricting press freedom.

Link to: Newspaper and radio station offices damaged during forced entry linked to ownership dispute

Newspaper and radio station offices damaged during forced entry linked to ownership dispute

A statement by the cooperative running Tiempo Argentino said that the men who entered the offices “destroyed important equipment crucial to the editorial process with the clear intention of obstructing the dissemination of the newspaper and its web production.”

Link to: Attack on TV team in Argentina

Attack on TV team in Argentina

The Crónica TV team was covering a demonstration transportation company drivers when they were beaten, kicked and attacked with stones by people belonging to the Union Tranvarios Automotor.

Link to: Argentinian journalist and wife brutally attacked in presumed retaliation for drug trafficking reporting

Argentinian journalist and wife brutally attacked in presumed retaliation for drug trafficking reporting

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack Friday on the home of Argentine radio journalist Sergio Hurtado, who reported on drug trafficking. The assailants ordered Hurtado to stop talking about the local drug trade.

Link to: How Argentine broadcast law rewards friendly outlets and discriminates against critics

How Argentine broadcast law rewards friendly outlets and discriminates against critics

As some media owners divest under the media law’s anti-monopoly provisions, people close to the administration have snapped up many of these properties and licenses.

Link to: No to Internet censorship in Argentina

No to Internet censorship in Argentina

In an effort to promote tolerance and equality in Argentina, online censorship could become a reality. Argentina’s House of Representatives is currently debating a series of reforms to the National Anti-discrimination Act, a bill that was enacted in 1988.

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Buenos Aires censors and raids the technologists fixing its flawed e-voting system

Instead of addressing the flaws or postponing deployment of a controversial e-voting system, the Buenos Aires authorities have chosen instead to silence and intimidate critics of the system’s unfixed problems.

Link to: Election law forces Argentinian newspapers to give free space to political parties

Election law forces Argentinian newspapers to give free space to political parties

The Inter American Press Association has condemned a decision by the Higher Court of Justice of the Argentine province of Córdoba that rejected legal claims of unconstitutionality of electoral laws that require publications to grant free space to political parties at election times.

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Argentinian author on trial for allegedly plagiarising Borges in literary experiment

Pablo Katchadjian is being prosecuted for “intellectual property fraud” on the basis of his 2009 short experimental book El Aleph Engordado, his expansion of Jorge Luis Borges’ El Aleph.

Link to: President’s chief of staff discredits media outlet as political opponent in Argentina

President’s chief of staff discredits media outlet as political opponent in Argentina

During a press conference in which he complained of a “political confrontation” by “opposition media”, Chief of Staff Jorge Capitanich tore up two pages of Clarín, which on Sunday had published articles about the death of public prosecutor Alberto Nisman.

The late prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead in his home on 18 January 2015, REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Journalists under pressure in reporting on death of prosecutor in Argentina

Journalists covering the sensitive issue of the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman fear backlash. One journalist fled the country, only to have his travel details publicised.

Link to: Bill in Argentinian legislature could give online platforms power to censor users

Bill in Argentinian legislature could give online platforms power to censor users

A bill introduced by members of the governing party would require Web sites and digital platforms to block “the dissemination of messages with discriminatory content … produced by the users.”

Link to: Replica of coffin placed outside home of journalist’s parents in Argentina

Replica of coffin placed outside home of journalist’s parents in Argentina

Journalist Leonel Alberto Rodriguez has been the target of a series of recent threats which stem from a case he uncovered concerning a sexual assault accusation against La Banda’s former mayor, Héctor Eduardo Ruiz.

Link to: Argentine authorities raid news outlet and confiscate materials

Argentine authorities raid news outlet and confiscate materials

Authorities were searching for information on computers, thumb drives, and other journalistic materials related to recordings of telephone calls involving businessman Juan Ignacio Suris, who has been imprisoned on charges of money laundering and ties to drug trafficking.

Martín Sabbatella arrives at the Grupo Clarín offices in Buenos Aires October 31, 2013, REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Argentinian government calls for public auction of media group’s holdings

Martín Sabbatella, president of the Audiovisual Communication Services Federal Authority, announced that the government was rejecting Grupo Clarín’s own restructuring plan and that he would use his authority to break it up.

Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona during the FIFA World Cup 2014 match between Argentina and Iran on 21 June 2014, © BALLESTEROS/epa/Corbis

Argentinian media can’t publish stories on soccer star’s private life until end of World Cup

A judge has prohibited the Buenos Aires magazine Noticias, from publishing statements by Diego Maradona’s ex-wife about his private life. The ban also applies to “all public news media”.