Articles by Inter American Press Association
Renewed action in case of 1988 murder of Mexican journalist
The Héctor Félix Miranda case is one of the emblematic investigations which the IAPA submitted in 1997 to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Imprisoned Cuban journalist granted home visits, but still fights for full freedom
About the relaxing of his prison conditions, journalist José Antonio Torres said, “This is not what I was pursuing. My goal is freedom. I am not, and have never been, a spy.”
Leaders in Baja California, Mexico boycott papers after claiming to be victims of defamation
The Governor of Baja California and the mayors of five cities in the state published an announcement in Mexican newspapers, claiming to be victims of blackmail and of defamatory reports by the Grupo Healy newspapers.
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.