Alina Bárbara LÓPEZ HERNÁNDEZ
The judicial harassment of essayist, editor and researcher Alina Bárbara López Hernández in connection with her writing and activism continued in 2024 (See Case List 2023/2024). In April 2024, López was detained for several hours…
Raymar AGUADO & HERNÁNDEZ Alexander HALL LUJARDO
Art critic and columnist Raymar Aguado Hernández and historian and author Alexander Hall Lujardo continued to be subject to ongoing harassment in 2024 (see Case List 2023/2024). Aguado Hernández was summoned for questioning on 28 June 2024…
Brandi MORIN
On 10 January 2024, police officers arrested Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin while she was reporting on an Indigenous encampment, in Edmonton, Alberta. When police raided the encampment, Morin said she identified herself…
Alejandro ALFIE
Journalist and writer Alejandro Alfie was judicially harassed in 2024. On 7 November 2024, he announced on social media that Esteban Glavinich (owner of the X account @TraductorTeAma and supporter of President Javier Milei) had filed a lawsuit…
Gustavo Andrés GORRITI ELLENBOGEN
On 27 March 2024, Lima prosecutor Alcides Chinchay opened an investigation against prominent journalist and writer Gustavo Gorriti, founder and editor-in-chief of IDL-Reporteros, for alleged bribery and requested that he reveal…
Paola Margot UGAZ CRUZ
Investigative journalist, editor and writer Paola Ugaz continued to face judicial harassment in 2024, with an ongoing investigation for alleged ‘illicit enrichment’ begun in 2023. On 4 September 2024, Ugaz testified at trial hearing…
Maria Amparo CASAR
The Mexican sociologist, columnist, activist and writer faced a smear campaign from then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2024. The attacks began with the publication of her book, Los puntos sobre las íes: El legado de un…
