Articles by Inter American Press Association
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 […]
Journalists assaulted
The following is a 25 February 2000 IAPA press release: IAPA PROTESTS ASSAULT ON BRAZILIAN NEWSMEN MIAMI, Florida (Feb. 25) – The Inter American Press Association today expressed outrage at the beating of three newspaper employees in Brazil and called on the government to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and punish those responsible. […]
IAPA pleased about sentencing of Jose Luis Cabezas’ murderers
(IAPA/IFEX) – IAPA considers the guilty verdict against the assassins of Argentine photojournalist Jose Luis Cabezas to be a well-aimed blow to impunity and the enemies of freedom of expression and the press. An Argentine court sentenced the eight accused to life imprisonment for the Cabezas murder. The court’s sentencing also established that the prominent […]
Proposed measures would limit freedom of expression
The following is a 19 January 2000 news alert from the office of the second vice-president of IAPAâs Press Freedom Committee (PFC), in Argentina: Today, media workers in Santa Cruz, Argentina denounced measures introduced by that province’s Security Ministry that would restrict freedom of expression and the right of journalists to freely disseminate information. The […]
Journalists attacked
The following is a 6 January 2000 news alert from the office of the Second Vice-president of IAPA’s Press Freedom Committee office, Roberto Eduardo Romero, based in Salta, Argentina: SALTA, ARGENTINA, JANUARY 6 2000 Another attack against journalists, this time perpetrated by a police officer in the Argentine province of Santiago del Estero, was reported […]
IAPA condemns death threats received by Argentine journalist
The Inter American Press Association expressed its concern over death threats received by an Argentine journalist which, in the organisation’s opinion, amount to a flagrant attempt to silence her. Journalist Viviana Gorbato, the author of a number of books including: “Montoneros, soldados de Menem, soldados de Duhalde”, was recently warned in a telephone call that […]