Articles by Inter American Press Association
IAPA urges president to pursue investigation into journalist’s 2002 murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 24 July 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA URGES COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT TO PURSUE INVESTIGATION INTO JOURNALIST’S MURDER MIAMI, Florida (July 24) – In a further step in its campaign aimed at garnering support for its demand that the unpunished murders of journalists be solved, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) […]
Hemispheric conference urges legal reforms to combat impunity in crimes against journalists
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: HEMISPHERE CONFERENCE URGES LEGAL REFORMS TO COMBAT IMPUNITY MIAMI, Florida (July 23) – The need to enact legal reforms so as to punish attacks on freedom of expression more effectively and prevent the guilty from literally getting away with murder in crimes against journalists, as well […]
IAPA concerned over deteriorating state of press freedom in hemisphere
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 21 July 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA asks governments in the Americas to rescue press freedom as a democratic value IAPA leadership reviews restrictions and acts of violence against journalists in the past three months Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (July 21, 2007) – The Executive Committee of the Inter […]
Imprisoned journalist Normando Hernández González suffering from serious health problems
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 29 June 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA condemns inadequate health care for independent journalists jailed in Cuba Miami (June 29, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned Cuban authorities for holding a number of independent journalists behind bars despite their precarious state of health and asked […]
Journalist Rafael Ortiz Martínez still missing; Coahuila governor blames drug traffickers
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 27 June 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA CALLS FOR STEPPED UP ACTION IN DISAPPEARANCE OF JOURNALIST MIAMI, Florida (June 27) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA), in the name of the international community, today urged Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón to act to speed up inquiries to determine the […]
“El Telégrafo” editor alleges government seeking control of newspaper in legal dispute over ownership
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 4 June 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA to keep watch on legal dispute over ownership of Ecuador’s oldest newspaper MIAMI, Florida (June 4, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said today that it will keep a close watch on the legal battle between private and state shareholders […]
Party leaders sign Chapultepec Declaration, discuss new access to information law’s implementation
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 22 May 2007 IAPA press release: Caucus leaders sign Chapultepec Declaration, express their commitment to improve new access to public information law Miami, 22 May 2007 – This afternoon, on 22 May 2007, leaders from all the parties’ caucuses in Nicaragua’s National Assembly signed the Chapultepec Declaration during the […]
Government’s withdrawal of advertising threatens survival of “Stabroek News”
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 25 may 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA protests discrimination in Guyana MIAMI, Florida (May 25, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today gave its support to an open call by the news media in Guyana for the government of President Bharrat Jagdeo to reconsider its position and […]