Articles by Inter American Press Association
IAPA offers materials to download for World Press Freedom Day
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) offers images and an editorial to mark World Press Freedom Day that can be downloaded.
Guatemalan paper suffers government harassment
A report by Guatemalan newspaper El Periódico that the government of President Otto Pérez had harassed it is a matter of “concern,” says the Inter American Press Association. The newspaper has been denouncing alleged corruption involving the Pérez administration, members of his family and his supporters.
IFEX members concerned over undermining of OAS Special Rapporteur
Over 30 IFEX members express concern at a set of proposals put forth by the government of Ecuador and due to be discussed on 8 March in Ecuador that seek to reform the OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Third attack against Mexican newspaper leaves one person dead
The Inter American Press Association condemns recent attacks against the Mexican daily newspaper El Siglo de Torreón, which have left one person dead and another injured.
Media freedom groups urge UK Parliament to reject statutory control of press
Members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations call upon the Members of the British Parliament to reject any form of statutory control or any other legislation concerning regulation of the British press, following the release of the Leveson Report in November 2012.
Cuban journalist arbitrarily arrested, harassed by police
Journalist Roberto de Jesús Guerra said “the political police” have been persecuting him over his journalistic work. They warned him that they would not allow him to access the Internet ever again in order to upload reports or videos. In addition, they threatened him that every time he sought to do so he would be arrested by the security forces.
Court rules Ecuadorian paper must apologise to government
A court decision has ruled that La Hora infringed on the government’s constitutional right to protection from “the dissemination of inexact or unproven information”, according to IPI, for the paper’s 10 October report on the administration spending “over US $71 million on official advertising since January”.
Argentinian journalist detained at Venezuelan airport
The temporary detention of Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata at the Caracas, Venezuela, airport and the seizure of his reporter’s materials was protested today by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), which called on the South American country’s authorities to show full tolerance for the unfettered exercise of press freedom.