Articles by Inter American Press Association
President’s chief of staff discredits media outlet as political opponent in Argentina
During a press conference in which he complained of a “political confrontation” by “opposition media”, Chief of Staff Jorge Capitanich tore up two pages of Clarín, which on Sunday had published articles about the death of public prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Mexican journalist found dead, local mayor named as mastermind
Journalist Moisés Sánchez Cerezo was found dead weeks after being kidnapped in Veracruz state. A former police officer claims the local mayor is behind Sánchez’s death.
Cuba thwarts art demonstration by arresting journalists and activists
Independent journalists and activists were jailed in Havana as they were about to take part in an art show in Havana’s Revolution Square to protest censorship.
Freedom of expression must be key part of Cuba-U.S. dialogue
According to the Inter American Press Association, “the initiation of new relations cannot remain in just a political agreement on the exchange of spies, but involve all human rights, which makes necessary the release of journalists and everyone jailed for their way of thinking.”
Venezuela refuses access to information request from civil society
Venezuelans are some of the few citizens in the Americas who do not have a legal right to ask their government for information, since it refuses to create a law that makes its administrative functions transparent or accountable to the public.
Guyanese journalists granted precautionary measures after threat from attorney general
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on November 5 ruled that the lives and personal integrity of three Kaietur News Journal journalists were in danger after they were threatened for publishing reports of serious wrongdoing by the government.
Bill in Argentinian legislature could give online platforms power to censor users
A bill introduced by members of the governing party would require Web sites and digital platforms to block “the dissemination of messages with discriminatory content … produced by the users.”
Inter-American commission calls for precautionary measures for Honduran journalist
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has adopted a precautionary measure in favor of Honduran journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado, who was ordered to stop working as a journalist for 16 months after he reported on alleged wrongdoing by a university dean.