Articles by Inter American Press Association
Journalist Fernando Martínez Ochoa killed; IAPA calls for investigations into recent murders in Mexico
(IAPA/IFEX) – On 28 October 1998, IAPA expressed concern at two recent murders of journalists in Mexico and called for investigations. Over the previous days, two journalists were killed in mysterious circumstances. They are: reporter Fernando Martínez Ochoa, from Ciudad Juárez (previously unreported on IFEX,) and Claudio Cortés García, layout editor with the Mexican edition […]
Journalists detained
(IAPA/IFEX) – In a 29 October 1998 protest letter, IAPA expressed concern at the detention of three journalists who were covering a story in the province of Misiones. Police officers arrested Emilio Petcoff, Enrique Sdrech and Mario Sacchi, all journalists with Buenos Aires-based Channel 3 television, on 24 October. Police never explained the reason for […]
Authorities refuse to provide information to journalists with “El Día”
(IAPA/IFEX) – For several weeks now, the Minister of Justice and Security for the Province of Buenos Aires, Leon Arslanián, has withheld information concerning public security to journalists with “El Día” in La Plata, saying that the it is “a bad daily newspaper that publishes permanent and unnecessary attacks against me.” The minister’s action has […]
IAPA protests ouster of newsmen from Cuban legislature
(IAPA/IFEX) – On 22 July 1998, IAPA, through its Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, protested the ouster of foreign news correspondents from the Cuban national legislature and called on President Fidel Castro to show respect for journalists in carrying out their work. Castro had expelled journalists representing international news media from the […]
IAPA to meet with Inter-American Human Rights Institute to discuss possibility of incorporating Declaration of Chapultepec into a hemisphere convention
(IAPA/IFEX) – An international delegation from the Inter American Press Association will meet in San José, Costa Rica on 25 June 1998 with representatives of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights to discuss the possibilities of incorporating the Declaration of Chapultepec into a hemisphere convention to guarantee freedom of the press, free speech and peopleâs […]
Journalist Raul Rivera denied permission to leave country temporarily
(IAPA/IFEX) – This week, Cuban authorities refused to grant journalist Raul Rivera, who is vice-president of IAPA’s Cuba branch, permission to leave Cuba temporarily. Rivera, who is also current president of the Cuba Press news agency and a recognized poet, had received an invitation to travel to Spain, but immigration authorities refused to authorise permission […]
Three journalists with “La Nacion” questioned over article
(IAPA/IFEX) – On 11 June 1998, the Legislative Assembly’s Special Permanent Commission on Drugtrafficking ordered the director of “La Nacion”, Eduardo Ulibarri, and journalists Berlioth Herrera and Giannina Segnini to appear before it in order to answer questions about a report that appeared in the daily’s 1 June edition. The Commission also requested the recordings […]
Resolution by Organization of American States on crimes against journalists
(IAPA/IFEX) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has welcomed a resolution adopted by the Organization of American States at its general assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on 2 June 1998, in which the nations of the Western Hemisphere agreed “to strongly repudiate attacks on the practice of freedom of the press and crimes against journalists.” […]