Articles by Inter American Press Association
Eight suspects in journalist’s 2003 murder awaiting trial, masterminds still free
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 29 March 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA calls for Brazilian journalist’s murder to be solved MIAMI, Florida (March 29, 2007) – In a new action in its hemisphere-wide campaign to create public awareness of the impunity surrounding crimes against journalists, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today urged Brazil’s […]
IAPA reviews state of freedom of the press in the hemisphere
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 19 March 2007 IASPA press release: IAPA conclusions on press freedom in the Americas MIAMI, Florida (March 19, 2007) – Murders, threats, criminal charges and lawsuits filed to which independent journalists and news media are subjected, together with the arbitrary placement of official advertising to punish or reward, are […]
President promises to sign law decriminalising libel, consider stiffening penalties for crimes against journalists
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 9 March 2007 IAPA press release: Mexico’s president tells IAPA he will enact decriminalization law passed by Congress MIAMI, Florida (March 9, 2007) – Mexican President Felipe Calderón told a mission of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) that met with him yesterday at his official residence, Los Pinos, […]
President Duarte affirms commitment to press freedom, signs Declaration of Chapultepec
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an abridged translation of a 22 February 2007 IAPA press release: President Duarte affirms commitment to press freedom, signs Declaration of Chapultepec Asunción (22 de febrero de 2007) – Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte Frutos signed the Declaration of Chapultepec in a ceremony held 22 February at the governmental palace, saying […]
Press freedom uncertain until journalist’s disappearance is solved, impunity in murders ended, and “damages awards industry” curbed, warns IAPA
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 23 February 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA points to curbs in press freedom in Paraguay ASUNCION, Paraguay (February 23, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) stated today that freedom of the press will remain uncertain in Paraguay until the disappearance of a local journalist is solved and […]
Murder of journalist in Rio de Janeiro state still unpunished, IAPA asks president to order speed-up of investigation
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 31 January 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA URGES BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT TO ACT IN MURDER OF JOURNALIST MIAMI, Florida (January 31, 2007) – In a new action in its hemisphere-wide campaign to create public awareness of the impunity surrounding crimes against journalists, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today urged […]
Newspaper “Tabasco Hoy” threatened by drug traffickers’ hitmen prior to journalist’s disappearance
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 26 January 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA calls for investigation into Mexico journalist’s disappearance MIAMI, Florida (January 26, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today urged the Tabasco state and national authorities in Mexico to investigate the disappearance of journalist Rodolfo Rincón Taracena, a reporter for the […]
IAPA submits to IACHR results of investigation into journalist Santiago Leguizamón’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 19 January 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA submits case of Santiago Leguizamón, murdered in 1991, to IACHR MIAMI, Florida (January 19, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) submits today to the Washington, D.C.-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the results of its investigation into the April […]