Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Brazilian government to strengthen its proposed online platform regulation law in response to an announcement by Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X, that he will defy a Brazilian court order to block X accounts that spread disinformation and calls for a coup d’état.
The imprisonment of journalist and founder of the newspaper 'elPeriódico', Jose Rubén Zamora – also a 2023 laureate of RSF’s Press Freedom Prize – has become a flagrant and unavoidable emblem of the press freedom situation in Guatemala.
"It is imperative that the police apparatus and executive bodies cease the persecution of journalists and the Guatemalan authorities, without delay, release 'elPeriódico' publisher Jose Rubén Zamora."
"Francisco Ramírez's murder highlights the tragic plight of local journalists in Honduras. When state protection is not enough to guarantee their safety, the conditions for journalistic freedom are no longer assured" - RSF
Another example of the growing campaign for Zamora’s release, the resolution also calls on the Guatemalan prosecutor's office not to obstruct the work of journalists.