TCI Free Press

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Press freedom
  • Press conference
  • Press minister
  • Press briefing
  • Press funding

TCI Free Press

TCI Free Press

  • Home
  • Press freedom
  • Press conference
  • Press minister
  • Press briefing
  • Press funding
Press freedom
Home›Press freedom›Journalists’ association denounces 167 press freedom violations in El Salvador this year – English version

Journalists’ association denounces 167 press freedom violations in El Salvador this year – English version

By Mollie M. Molyneux
July 31, 2021
0
0
Share:

The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES) recorded 167 cases of press freedom violations between January and July this year, most of them generated by government institutions.

APES member Angélica Cárcamo told a press conference this Saturday that there was an increase of 94 cases of violations compared to the same period of 2020 when 73 were registered.

She informed that between 2018 and July 31, 2021, 434 violations against journalism were recorded. There were 65 cases in 2018, 77 in 2019 and 125 in 2020.

Cárcamo pointed out that some types of attacks recorded are blocking access to public information, restrictions imposed on journalists in the exercise of their profession and verbal threats.

“In recent years, freedom of expression in El Salvador has deteriorated, and in the past four years most of the aggressions are generated by the Salvadoran state, mainly different government institutions,” she said.

El Salvador and Brazil, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are leading the deterioration of press freedom in Latin America, where the Covid-19 health crisis has served as a pretext for several countries to make it even more difficult the work of journalists. difficult.

El Salvador fell 8 places in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranking to 82nd place, one of the biggest drops in the world due to the difficulties imposed on those who wanted to report on the Covid-19.

“Confiscation of journalistic material by law enforcement, denial of access to public spaces, lack of transparency in access to public information, refusal of presidential officials to answer questions during press conferences, or ban on interviewing state officials on the issue” are some of the facts denounced by RSF.

The special rapporteur for freedom of expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Pedro Vaca, warned last December that the situation of alleged attacks and harassment of the press by the government of El Salvador could “get worse”.

The IACHR held a hearing during which representatives of the journalists’ guild of this Central American country denounced “the gloomy prospects for freedom of expression in El Salvador”. (https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/central-america/journalist-association-registers-167-press-violations-between-january-and-july-in-el-salvador/)

(Visited 84 times, 1 visits today)

Last modification: August 5, 2021

Previous Article

IPI urges Blinken to raise issue of ...

Next Article

Investors ignore a dangerous crackdown on press ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Press freedom

    Chomsky, Ellsberg and others denounce the extradition of Assange

    June 18, 2022
    By Mollie M. Molyneux
  • Press freedom

    Not a numbers game: nuance needed to measure press freedom in Southeast Asia | News | Eco-Enterprise

    January 21, 2022
    By Mollie M. Molyneux
  • Press freedom

    SC decides to warn everyone against freedom of the press – Pakistan

    August 31, 2021
    By Mollie M. Molyneux
  • Press freedom

    Why press freedom and ending FGM are linked in Somalia

    February 7, 2022
    By Mollie M. Molyneux
  • Press freedom

    Arrest of Zimbabwean journalists ‘out of step’ with press freedom standards

    August 8, 2022
    By Mollie M. Molyneux
  • Press freedom

    Kenyan journalists to be celebrated on World Press Freedom Day

    April 5, 2022
    By Mollie M. Molyneux

  • Press freedom

    On this World Press Freedom Day, Ukraine is in the spotlight

  • Press freedom

    Afghan journalists say press freedom threatened under Taliban

  • Press minister

    prtc: Provide better travel facilities Top priority: Minister | Chandigarh News

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions