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Death Toll Rises in Guatemala With Candidate’s Murder
A candidate running for city council was killed June 23 in Guatemala, bringing the total of campaign-related attacks this year to 30.
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Indonesia – Former Playboy editor freed after eight months in prison on indecency charge
Reporters Without Borders hails today’s release of Erwin Arnada, the former editor of the Indonesian version of Playboy magazine, after the supreme court accepted his appeal against a two-year jail sentence on a charge of indecency, overturning its own decision. He began serving the sentence last October. “Now it is proved, I am not guilty, journalism is not a crime,” Arnada said in his first Tweet after being freed from Cipinang high-security prison in Jakarta, where he spent eight months. (…)
Ecuador – Presidente pide más de 150 informes sobre directivos y articulista en juicio contra diario
A criterio del doctor en jurisprudencia Farith Simon, algunas de las pruebas solicitadas son ajenas al juicio planteado, por lo que su legitimidad estaría en duda.
Peru Finds ‘Narco-Torpedo’ on Boat
Peru’s police found 113 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a fake torpedo attached to the bottom of a boat in a Lima port.
KENYA: 20.000 SOMALI IN SOLE DUE SETTIMANE
LAlto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR) è seriamente preoccupato per il rapido aumento del numero di nuovi rifugiati provenienti dalla Somalia che arrivano in Kenya. Nelle ultime due settimane oltre 20.000 nuovi rifugiati som…
SOMALIA: APPELLO PER STOP ALLE DEPORTAZIONI DI RICHIEDENTI ASILO
Sono 93 i richiedenti asilo deportati in Tanzania nelle prime ore di ieri mattina. Del gruppo facevano parte 59 cittadini somali e 34 cittadini etiopici arrivati di recente via mare a Mocimboa da Praia, nel nord del Mozambico. Si trattava per la maggio…
Mexico Seizes 7 Tons Precursor Chemicals in Port
Mexican authorities announced the find of seven tons of precursor chemicals, used in the production of synthetic drugs, in the Pacific port city of Manzanillo, Colima.
Venezuela – Agreden, insultan y amenazan a periodistas de diario regional
Periodistas del diario “Correo del Caroní” han sufrido agresiones mientras cubrían hechos violentos ocurridos en la empresa estatal Ferrominera del Orinoco.
More Drug War Aid for Central America, But With Security Taxes?
There were plenty of vows for greater cooperation, as well as pledges for cash, at a Central American security conference in Guatemala, but perhaps more important were the signs of an emerging consensus on the need for higher taxes in the region.
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U.N. secretary-general commits to defending press freedom
Press freedom, particularly free expression online, will be a priority for newly re-elected U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. chief pledged today in a meeting with the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders. The heads of both organizations said they were encouraged by statements made by the secretary-general in support of press freedom during the upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa. “The uprisings in the Middle East have demonstrated that people (…)
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Chile – Calm debate on environment needed after charges withdrawn against photographer
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the withdrawal of charges against photographer Marcela Rodríguez, a contributor to the Mapuexpress website, when she appeared before a court in the southern city of Temuco on 22 June. The public prosecutor decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute her. Rodríguez, 29, had been facing a possible 300-day jail sentence on a public disorder charge, plus a fine for refusing to admit her guilt, ever since she and 10 other people were arrested during a (…)
FARC Commander ‘Fabian Ramirez’ Alive?
Colombia’s armed forces commander has revealed that intelligence and statements from former FARC guerrillas suggest that rebel commander alias “Fabian Ramirez,” presumed dead in a bombing raid, is still alive.
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Djibouti – Six radio station contributors freed after four months in prison
Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that six contributors to opposition radio station La Voix de Djibouti – Farah Abadid Hildid, Houssein Ahmed Farah, Houssein Robleh Dabar, Abdillahi Aden Ali, Moustapha Abdourahman Houssein and Mohamed Ibrahim Waïss – were finally released yesterday evening after more than four months in Djibouti’s Gabode prison. After several appeals to Djibouti’s supreme court, an appeal court ruled on 22 June that they should be released conditionally and placed (…)
Bolivia Set to Withdraw from UN Drug Treaty
Bolivia appears on the verge of withdrawing from a major UN narcotics treaty, underscoring the difficulties facing the country as it attempts to balance drug policy with its cultural heritage of coca consumption.
