Articles by Inter American Press Association
Panamanian paper fined over article published in 2001
The newspaper Panamá América has been ordered to pay $25,000 to former Supreme Court Justice Winston Spadafora. The former judge felt offended and sued the newspaper and two of its journalists over a news item published in 2001.
Attack on TV team in Argentina
The Crónica TV team was covering a demonstration transportation company drivers when they were beaten, kicked and attacked with stones by people belonging to the Union Tranvarios Automotor.
Guatemalan paper’s future threatened by recent robbery
The Inter American Press Association condemns the theft of 26 computers from the Guatemalan magazine Crónica and suspects it may have been a strategy to silence investigations conducted by the magazine.
Panamanian newspaper fined for causing “emotional distress”
The Inter American Press Association has declared that a recent court ruling against the Panama newspaper La Prensa is a clear attack on freedom of the press.
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.