Articles by Inter American Press Association
Death threat note left in car belonging to Honduran police reporter
Elsa Oseguera, a police reporter with HCH television channel in San Pedro Sula, has been receiving death threats. Among the incidents reported recently was the looting of her vehicle, those who carried it out leaving an unsigned note with the message “We are going to kill you, bitch.”
Murders of journalists in Brazil and Colombia demand efficient investigations
The Inter American Press Association condemns the murders in recent days of journalists in Brazil and Colombia and urged those countries’ authorities to investigate in depth.
Venezuelan journalists persecuted by government are granted IACHR precautionary measures
The IAHCR has granted precautionary measures to Venezuelan journalists Miguel Henrique Otero, Teodoro Petkoff, Alberto Federico Ravell and his daughter Isabel Cristina Ravell, given the serious acts of harassment and persecution by the government for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
Case of murdered journalist in Colombia moves to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) welcomes the IACHR decision to submit the case of Nelson Carvajal Carvajal to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and expresses confidence that justice will finally be done in the case.
El Salvador newspaper misrepresented in unauthorised clone of its site
The Inter American Press Association asked the El Salvador Attorney General’s Office to carry out an exhaustive and swift investigation following a formal complaint of Internet attacks on the newspaper La Prensa Gráfica, an offense that has been repeated with increasing frequency in the countries of the Americas.
Journalist murdered in Mexico City after attempting to escape violence in Veracruz state
The body of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa was discovered on 31 July in a Mexico city apartment, along with those of four women, several of whom were identified as social activists from Veracruz.
Election law forces Argentinian newspapers to give free space to political parties
The Inter American Press Association has condemned a decision by the Higher Court of Justice of the Argentine province of Córdoba that rejected legal claims of unconstitutionality of electoral laws that require publications to grant free space to political parties at election times.
Clarity needed in motive for murder of journalist in Mexico
The Inter American Press Association condemns the murder in Mexico of journalist Ismael Díaz López, and calls on the authorities to undertake an urgent and exhaustive investigation to determine if the motive for the crime was related to his work.