Articles by Inter American Press Association
IAPA calls for action against order to arrest journalist
**Updates IFEX alerts of 26 June and 31 May 2000** (IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 28 June 2000 IAPA press release: Miami (28 June 2000) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned and discredited the order to arrest the director of a Panamanian daily, and requested the Supreme Court of Justice to provide […]
Special report by imprisoned writer
**Updates IFEX alerts of 28 and 18 February 2000** (IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 28 June 2000 IAPA press release: ‘Forging Our Own Destiny’ A special report from Havana by Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello MIAMI, Florida (June 28, 2000) – To commemorate the third anniversary of the 1997 publication of a document criticizing the […]
IAPA asks for medical attention for imprisoned journalists
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 26 June 2000 IAPA press release: CUBA URGED TO TREAT SICK JAILED NEWSMEN Miami (26 June 2000).- The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today publicly called on the Cuban authorities to provide immediate medical attention to at least two independent journalists who have become ill while serving sentences in […]
Call for investigation into attack on journalist
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 23 June 2000 IAPA press release: SIP calls for investigation into attack on journalist Miami (23 June 2000)– The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its concern over an incident which resulted in injuries to three people while they were accompanying television reporter Lilly Téllez. IAPA urged the Mexican authorities […]
IAPA calls on the government to investigate an attack against a journalist
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 21 June 2000 IAPA press release: Miami (21 June 2000) – The Inter American Press Association sent a letter today to Bolivian President Hugo Banzer Suárez, calling on him to investigate the Sunday 18 June attack against journalist Ronald Méndez Alpire, which resulted in an injury to his leg. […]
IAPA reaffirms its commitment to press freedom
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 1 May 2000 IAPA press release: INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO DEFEND PRESS FREEDOM MIAMI, Florida (May 1st, 2000) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3 amid a series of curtailments of the right to freedom of expression […]
President criticises news media
The following is a 21 March 2000 IAPA press release: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT’S REMARKS RAISE CONCERN MIAMI, Florida (Mar. 21) – The Inter American Press Association told Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez today that it was concerned about remarks he made criticizing news media in his country. The association made the protest in a letter to Chávez […]
Journalist murdered
The following is an IAPA press release: IAPA PROTESTS MURDER OF URUGUYAN JOURNALIST MIAMI, Florida (Feb. 28, 2000) – The Inter American Press Association today expressed outrage at the murder of Uruguayan journalist Julio C. De La Rosa and called on the government of the South American country to take action to stop any further […]