Currently there are protests going on in Bolivia.  The issue is workers rights, but it’s become clear no one cares about the rights of journalists.

Journalists are being attacked by protesters and police.  Everyone accuses the reporters of working for the police, or the protesters.  Even Bolivian judges are treating reporter with contempt.

In one case a reporter waited for months before his case was brought to trial.  He had been charged with causing a riot that destroyed a police station. Then he was let go, but only with the warning that he could not talk about the details of his trial.

In another court case, a reporter was ruled incompetent, and that all trials involving journalists had to be heard by a special judge.  The reporter in this case had been charged with insulting a government official.

Finally there is the case where a radio personality was murdered, and no investigation has been undertaken.   Reporters Without Borders