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Fopea denounces that the press receives an attack “every two days” in Milei’s Argentina

The Argentine Journalism Forum (Fopea) denounced this Tuesday that during the first year of the Government of Javier Milei there were 173 aggressions against the press, that is, “one every two days,” and most of them came from senior state officials and the president of the country himself.

“The deterioration of freedom of expression is worrying” and most attacks come in the form of “harassment and digital violence,” highlights the Fopea Freedom of Expression Monitoring in a statement that includes data and graphics, on the occasion of Milei’s first anniversary in the Argentine Government.

In 120 of those attacks, the violence came from a state source, “which implies that in 69.36% of the registered cases there was a participation of some type of public official,” Fopea added.

In addition, 22 cases of “parastatal violence, that is, of direct relatives to state power, 12.72%” were recorded.

Milei, one of the main aggressors

President Milei was the one who starred in the most aggressions against the press, 56 in total (32.37% of the total), while ten other cases were the work of national government officials (5.78%).

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The rest of the aggressors were distributed among police officers, municipal, provincial and migration officials, mayors, members of the federal and provincial justice, legislators and governors.

Fopea also concludes in its analysis that of the 173 attacks, a total of 77 (44.51%) were classified as “stigmatizing speech”, that is, direct attacks on the reputation of journalists and/or media.

There were also 44 “attacks on integrity”, 23 on the “restriction of access to information”, eleven “civil or criminal judicial actions”, six cases of “censorship”, five classified as “abuse of state power”, three “attacks against property”, two of “abusive use of official advertising” and two of “internal censorship”.

The 173 cases registered by Fopea leave a trail of 275 victims, of which 153 were men, 57 women, 15 media. On other occasions, the attacks were on the press in general or on an organization of journalists.

Fopea, an organization that ensures freedom of information and quality journalism in Argentina, also denounces “the discriminatory, aggrieveing and stigmatizing tone with which the president refers to the press in general and to journalists, in particular.”

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And remember that those attacks have also been carried out against international organizations.

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Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka

Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.

The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.

An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.

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Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.

Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.

Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.

Internacionales

Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages

May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.

In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.

While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.

Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.

International

Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.

During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.

“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.

“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”

Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.

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On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.