Articles by Inter American Press Association
Only one perpetrator of journalist’s 1998 murder imprisoned, another missing, mastermind still unidentified
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 17 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA PROTESTS IMPUNITY IN KILLING OF JOURNALIST IN BRAZIL Miami (17 May 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) called upon all print media readers in the hemisphere to sign a public letter to the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da […]
Gunmen fire on “El Diario del Yaqui” newspaper’s facilities in Ciudad Obregón; IAPA urges investigation of various incidents
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 15 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA calls for investigation into disappearance of two Mexican journalists MIAMI, Florida (May 15, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at the disappearance of two journalists in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and called on authorities to take urgent action […]
Politicians, journalists and government officials jointly recommend reforms to defamation and access to information laws
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 11 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA welcomes political will in El Salvador to enact access law, repeal insult law Salvadoran President Elías Antonio Saca, in an allusion to plight of Venezuela’s RCTV, assails stance of ‘governments that are canceling broadcast licenses’ MIAMI, Florida (May 11, 2007) – The […]
President calls for imprisonment of “La Hora” director over critical editorial; charges against other media threatened
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 11 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA protests contempt charge by Ecuador president against local newspaper MIAMI, Florida (May 11, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today assailed a decision by Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa to invoke an insult law in suing the editor of a local […]
Journalist loses appeal, condemned to three months in prison for libel of businessman
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 9 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA calls court jailing of Uruguayan journalist serious setback for press freedom MIAMI, Florida (May 9, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today described as a very serious setback for freedom of the press in Uruguay a judge’s sentencing of journalist […]
Death threats made against critical current affairs television programme host in Imperatriz
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 7 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA protests murder, threats to journalists in Brazil It calls for investigation into new homicide in Guatemala MIAMI, Florida (May 7, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the murder of a journalist in Brazil, in apparent reprisal for his […]
“Equilibrio” editor’s murder allegedly work-related; investigation of journalist’s 1994 disappearance reopened; “Ahora” director’s murderers’ sentences upheld
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 4 May 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA welcomes Dominican Republic court rulings on impunity, crimes against journalists Guilty sentences in two cases, another reopened MIAMI, Florida (May 4, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today welcomed recent court decisions in the Dominican Republic in the cases of […]
“Dreary panorama” for region’s press freedom mitigated by decriminalization of defamation in Mexico, enactment of access to information laws
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: World Press Freedom Day Message Rafael Molina, El Día, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic President of the Inter American Press Association Journalists and news media in the Americas continue facing major obstacles in seeking to do their job. Organized crime and corruption continue to be sources of […]