Guatemalan journalist Quimy de León subject to smear campaign involving CPJ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Guatemalan journalist Quimy de León subject to smear campaign involving CPJ - Committee to Protect Journalists

Mexico City, April 16, 2025—A Facebook account named “Melvin Veum” launched a paid advertising smear campaign on Monday, April 14, that used CPJ’s logo to legitimize false narratives against Guatemalan journalist Quimy de León, director of independent news website Prensa Comunitaria and recipient of CPJ’s 2024 International Press Freedom Award.  The post featured two images that placed de León’s photo alongside CPJ’s logo and depicted a fabricat…

The Prosecutor General notes that harassment of a journalist can, at worst, lead to certain topics no longer being covered in the media. Prosecutor General Ari-Pekka Koivisto has decided to continue the preliminary investigation into suspected defamation charges against Iltalehti journalist Ida Erämaa. The case concerns a barrage of criticism that targeted Erämaa in the summer of 2023. She had written an opinion piece criticizing Finns Party pol…