Inter American Press Association

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.”

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.

Some 75 journalists in Querétaro complained in a public statement of threats, discrimination and repression on the part of state officials in the administration of Governor Antonio Calzada.

Martín Sabbatella, president of the Audiovisual Communication Services Federal Authority, announced that the government was rejecting Grupo Clarín’s own restructuring plan and that he would use his authority to break it up.

The Inter American Press Association welcomes the decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to admit an investigation into the murder of Brazilian journalist Mario de Almeida Coelho Filho that the organization had submitted in 2005.

Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes has promulgated a new law which requires public institutions and officials to provide information requested by citizens, such as salaries, official trips and contracts.

The Inter American Press Association condemns a court order in Brazil censoring the magazine IstoÉ, ordering it to withdraw its weekly publication from the market for having reported on a case of corruption in the public administration.

The IAPA’s concern over a proposed law for the protection of minors is based on legislative experience in the Americas, where many laws for the protection of minors have included restrictions of news content.