Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

The criminal investigation is the latest move by Venezuela’s authoritarian government against “El Nacional”.

Tech firms and privacy groups say the bill represents a threat to encryption and secure communication. Rights groups are worried that the outsourcing of decisions on illegal content to private platforms could incentivise the over-removal of legitimate content.

More than half of the 67 killings occurred in just three countries: Ukraine (15), Mexico (13), and Haiti (7); these are highest yearly numbers CPJ has ever recorded for these countries.

If charged and convicted, the journalists could face prison sentences of one to six years, according to Argentina’s penal code.

More than a dozen journalists have been harassed, attacked, or injured amid protests in the Peruvian capital of Lima since January 19.

Radio journalist Joseph Ebondo and editor Sylvain Kiomba are detained by DRC’s national intelligence agency, over a broadcast alleging the agency operates secret prisons.

Torres told CPJ he believed he was targeted for reporting on alleged corruption and mismanagement by the local government in the nearby town of Bellavista, where the ‘La Ribareña’ TV and radio station is based.

According to the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Federal District Journalists’ Union (SJPDF), at least 16 journalists were attacked or harassed at the capital on January 8, and at least 24 others have been targeted in the aftermath of the riots.