Ministerio de Salud oculta información sobre pruebas de COVID-19 por dos años

El Salvador Estado | Limitado Impacto | Negativo Rating Civicus | Obstruido El Ministerio de Salud incluyó en la lista de información reservada a los memorándums y correspondencia generada por el Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Pública en relación a las pruebas para detección del COVID-19 realizadas en el país. Para el gobierno, el conocimiento público […]

A new public communication tool, not subject to scrutiny

Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed President Nayib Bukele announced on October 19 the release of Diario El Salvador. The new state-run media outlet is being touted as promising readers access to “the other side of the story” through “information provided in a truthful way”. A variety of sectors have expressed concern over […]

Un nuevo medio de comunicación oficial, sin fiscalización ni auditoría pública

El Salvador Impacto | Negativo Rating Civicus | Obstruido El presidente Nayib Bukele anunció el 19 de octubre el lanzamiento del Diario El Salvador. El nuevo medio oficial fue presentado como la alternativa para “conocer el otro lado de la historia” y “proveer información de una forma veraz”. Varios sectores se manifestaron preocupados por la […]

NODIO: an observatory created by the government to control media misinformation

Argentina Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Limited Opposition legislators denounced the head of the Public Defender’s Office for Audiovisual Communication Services, Miriam Lewin, for abuse of authority and violation of the duties of a public official. The complaint is against NODIO, “Observatory of Disinformation and Symbolic Violence in the Media and Digital Platforms,” which […]

Bill to protect Journalists and Human Rights Defenders advances in Deputies

Mexico Impact | Positive Probability | Medium Civicus Rating | Repressed At the end of September, the Committee for the Interior and Population, presided over by the ruling party deputy Rocío Barrera, passed a bill that would strengthen the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, through the application of Integral Protection […]

Ruling party Bill seeks prison sentences for those spreading ‘false news’

Nicaragua Impact | Negative Probability | High Civicus Rating | Repressed The ruling party Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) has presented a Special Cyber-crime Bill which seeks to punish with prison sentences of two to four years those who “publish or disseminate false, distorted information that causes alarm, anxiety and fear in the population”.  […]

Ortega enacted a law to control organizations receiving international funding

Nicaragua Impact | Negative Probability | High Civicus Rating | Repressed Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, on October 19 enacted the Law Regulating Foreign Agents, which seeks to limit the action of organizations that receive international funding. The regulation requires all entities, foundations and associations that receive funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents”.  […]