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Alerts - Nicaragua

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Nicaragua

Journalist flees country after death threats

Soon after the publication of a series of articles on a former guerrilla member, Silvia González began receiving anonymous threatening phone calls.

Nicaragua

Reporter and her family receive death threats in polarised pre-election climate

Silvia González believes the threats are linked to articles about the activities of a former "Contra" commander who opposed the government of Daniel Ortega.

Nicaragua

Journalist receives death threat

Luis Galeano is apparently being targeted in reprisal for his investigative reporting.

Nicaragua

IAPA criticises legislative bill that would make "media violence" a new criminal offence

IAPA said the bill would result in "absurd censorship, self-censorship and serious repression of journalists and the news media."

Nicaragua

Customs officials block import of newsprint supplies

"El Nuevo Diario" newspaper said the customs officials' actions are a reprisal for media reports on alleged wrongdoing within the Revenue Office.

Nicaragua

IAPA calls for return to air of censored television station

According to the director of Canal 15 Condega TV, the station received threats in the past saying it would be bombed if it continued criticising the government.

Nicaragua

IAPA protests threats against journalist over reports on corruption

The "El Nuevo Diario" newspaper says one of its journalists was threatened after the publication of reports on "proven acts of corruption" in two government agencies.

Venezuela / Nicaragua

IAPA repeats its warning that the Venezuelan government intends to shut down independent media

IAPA has issued a warning that the government intends to shut down independent news media, including the television network Globovisión.

Nicaragua

IAPA criticises shutdown of radio station

IAPA has criticised the shutdown of a radio station just as it was about to initiate broadcasting and claimed excessive force was used in the confiscation of its equipment.

Nicaragua

IAPA insists justice be upheld in cases of murdered journalists Carlos Guadamuz and María José Bravo

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 6 February 2009 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

La SIP expresa preocupación por reducción de espacios de libertad de expresión

(SIP/IFEX) - Lo que sigue es un comunicado de prensa abreviado de la SIP, con fecha del 27 de enero de 2009:

Nicaragua

Radio stations vandalised, TV station vehicles damaged, journalists injured and threatened

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Photographers, reporter injured while trying to report on demonstrations; IAPA concerned with continued post-election attacks

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 17 November 2008 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Journalist stabbed, beaten in Managua

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 13 November 2008 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Women's rights advocates subjected to official investigations into their work, suffer intimidation from unknown sources

(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 28 October 2008 Human Right Watch press release:

Nicaragua

RSF concerned about deteriorating state of public freedoms

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 21 October 2008 RSF letter to President Daniel Ortega:

Nicaragua

Police raid NGO's premises, seize documents and computers

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 October 2008 CPJ letter to President Daniel Ortega:

Nicaragua

Political and judicial harassment of NGOs threatens freedom of expression, says RSF

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF strongly condemns a newly-launched interior ministry investigation into 17 non-governmental organisations for alleged "embezzlement" and "money-laundering" and fears it could jeopardize the right to inform and freedom of association, two basic constitutional rights.

Nicaragua

Journalist claims cancellation of his television programme is due to government pressure

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 26 August 2008 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Newspaper editor and managing editor convicted of libel, fined

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Sentence reduction for journalists' murderers concerns IAPA

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 7 March 2008 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Criminal investigation initiated against nine women's rights activists

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 9 January 2008 ARTICLE 19 press release:

Nicaragua

Presidential security guards manhandle and briefly detain journalist

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - Journalist Jorge Loáisiga, who works for "La Prensa" newspaper was mistreated by presidential security guards on the night of 19 December 2007. The incident occurred at a public ceremony in Managua, the capital, attended by the president and several ambassadors. Loáisiga was trying to obtain comments from the United States ambassador when he was very roughly detained by the guards, who turned him over to the police. The journalist was handcuffed and being led away as a detainee, but the authorities stopped when other journalists and local residents protested.

Nicaragua

Possible increase in import duties on newspaper supplies threatens press freedom, says IAPA

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 19 September 2007 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Party leaders sign Chapultepec Declaration, discuss new access to information law's implementation

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 22 May 2007 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

President promises to waive licensing fees for community-based and other small media and to allocate government advertising contracts equitably

(AMARC/IFEX) - The following is a 15 March 2007 AMARC press release:

Nicaragua

"La Prensa" newspaper and its journalists harassed for reporting on alleged corruption

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 27 February 2006 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

International PEN protests murder of "La Prensa" journalist; suspect in custody

(WiPC/IFEX) - The WiPC of International PEN is aghast at the murder on 14 August 2005 of journalist Rony Adolfo Olivas Olivas and calls upon the authorities to conduct an immediate investigation to bring those responsible to justice.

Nicaragua

Journalist murdered in Estelí

(FIP/IFEX) - The IFJ Regional Office for Latin America condemns and laments the murder of journalist Rony Adolfo Olivas Olivas, which which ocurred in the early hours of 14 August 2005 in the city of Estelí, 150 km north of Managua. Olivas was a correspondent for "La Prensa" newspaper, a reporter for Liberación radio and president of the Estelí branch of the Nicaraguan Journalists' Union (Unión de Periodistas de Nicaragua, UPN).

Nicaragua

Magazine manager alleges government's shut down order is politically motivated

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - On 15 June 2005, the General Taxation Division (Dirección General de Ingresos, DGI) shut down four publications, including the magazine "Trinchera de la Noticia", for alleged evasion of taxes.

Nicaragua

Cartoonist receives death threats; IAPA calls on politicians to curb their comments against the press

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 24 June 2005 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Journalist receives death threat from ex-paramilitary leader

(RSF/IFEX) - On 22 May 2005, Heberto Jarquín Manzanares, a reporter for the daily "La Prensa", in the autonomous eastern region of Atlántico Norte, received a death threat from Evaristo Rivas Sánchez, ex-commander of the Frente Unido Andrés Castro, a now dissolved paramilitary organisation.

Nicaragua

Former mayor declared guilty of journalist's assasination

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - At 6:00 a.m. (local time) on 26 January 2005, Eugenio Hernández González was declared guilty of having assassinated María José Bravo, a correspondent for "La Prensa" newspaper. Judge Rosa Inés Osorio, of the Juigalpa Criminal Court, ruled on the case after a trial that lasted more than eight hours.

Nicaragua

IAPA concerned about constitutional reform that would abolish the press's tax exempt status

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 29 December 2004 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Hearings begin in Bravo murder case

(WiPC/IFEX) - The WiPC of International PEN is appalled at the 9 November 2004 killing of journalist María José Bravo and calls upon the Nicaraguan authorities to ensure that her killer is brought to justice.

Nicaragua

Journalist shot dead during clashes following municipal elections

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has voiced outrage over the fatal shooting of reporter María José Bravo on 9 November 2004. The journalist was shot as she was covering clashes near a vote-counting centre in Juigalpa, Chontales department, 140 km south of Managua, two days after municipal elections were held throughout Nicaragua.

Nicaragua

Judge issues veiled threat against journalist

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - On 20 August 2004, Judge Carlos Mario Peña, of the Managua Fifth District Criminal Court, issued a veiled threat against journalist Mirna Velásquez, of "La Prensa" newspaper. According to information provided by the journalist and published in "La Prensa", after a press conference the judge approached Velásquez and tried to intimidate her by recounting detailed information about her private life, how she spent her free time and the places she frequented. He warned Velásquez "to be careful", saying she would continue to be followed.

Nicaragua

CPJ concerned about reports of intimidation against journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:

Nicaragua

CPJ investigating whether journalist's murder is related to his journalistic work

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 11 February 2004 CPJ press release:

Nicaragua

IAPA condemns journalist's murder, calls for urgent investigation

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 10 February 2004 IAPA press release:

Nicaragua

Journalist denied access to police prison

(PFC/IFEX) - Judge Juana Méndez has issued an order prohibiting journalist Eloísa Ibarra, of the "El Nuevo Diario" newspaper, from entering the Dirección de Auxilio Judicial (DAJ) police prison. Former president Arnoldo Alemán is currently being detained at the DAJ premises on corruption charges. On 22 October 2003, Judge Méndez visited the prison to return to Alemán a mobile phone that had been confiscated by prison authorities the previous day. Although other journalists were allowed to report on the event, the "El Nuevo Diario" news team was told by a security official that Judge Méndez had issued an order barring Ibarra from the premises.

Nicaragua

"La Prensa" correspondent threatened

(PFC/IFEX) - During the night of 18 May 2003, unknown individuals threw stones at the home of journalist Sergio León, a correspondent for "La Prensa" newspaper in Bluefields. León had published a number of reports on drug trafficking in the region which is allegedly being carried out with the complicity of police officers.

Nicaragua

Newspaper targeted, warning of more attacks against the media

Nicaragua

Government shuts down radio station

Nicaragua / Uruguay

IAPA welcomes bill opening access to information in Uruguay, decries increased penalties under insult law in Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Proposed legislation seeks to criminalise the offence of "insult" ("desacato")

Nicaragua

Journalist "invited" to reveal his sources

Nicaragua / Costa Rica

Costa Rican president accuses Nicaraguan press of escalating conflict

Nicaragua

Journalist assaulted by President Alemán

Nicaragua

Government uses placement of advertising to blackmail media

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