Articles by Inter American Press Association
Autoridades de la SIP en estado de alerta por agresiones a la libertad de prensa
(SIP/IFEX) – Lo que sigue es un comunicado de prensa de la SIP, con fecha del 30 de julio de 2004: Autoridades de la SIP en estado de alerta por agresiones a la libertad de prensa en períodos electorales Resaltan como positivo nuevas leyes de acceso a la información en Ecuador y República Dominicana, discriminalización […]
IAPA asks attorney general to continue investigating journalist’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 27 July 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA asks Colombian Attorney General to continue investigating journalist’s murder Miami (July 27, 2004) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed its concern over the latest court decisions on the murder case of Orlando Sierra, assistant editor of La Patria newspaper, […]
IAPA calls on president to help solve journalist Santiago Leguizamón’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: IAPA CALLS FOR ACTION IN MURDER OF PARAGUAYAN JOURNALIST MIAMI, Florida (July 26, 2004) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) called on newspaper and magazine readers in the Western Hemisphere to add their signatures to a public letter to Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte Frutos requesting […]
IAPA concerned over U.S. authorities’ decision to revoke Cuban journalist’s visa
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 23 July 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA concerned over revocation of Cuban journalist’s visa Miami (July 23, 2004) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) sent a complaint to the United States State Department regarding the revocation of political refugee status previously granted to Cuban independent journalist Bernardo Arévalo […]
IAPA asks State Department to reverse its decision stipulating that foreign journalists must leave the country to renew their visas
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 16 July 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA asks United States to waive restriction against foreign journalists Miami (July 16, 2004) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) asked today that the U.S. State Department reverse its decision to require foreign journalists to leave the country in order to renew […]
Government recognises responsibility in journalist’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 7 July 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA satisfied with recognition by Guatemala of its responsibility in murder of journalist IAPA highlights that this establishes an important international precedent in the fight to solve other cases of unpunished crimes against journalists in the region Miami (July 7, 2004) – The […]
IAPA protests Raúl Rivero’s treatment, calls for his release from prison
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 2 July 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA protests treatment of Raúl Rivero, calls for his release from prison MIAMI, Florida (July 2, 2004) – Cuban poet and journalist Raúl Rivero Castañeda is being subjected to harassment at the Canaleta Prison in Ciego de Avila province where he is being […]
Bernardo Arévalo Padrón granted political asylum in the United States
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 1 July 2004 IAPA press release: Bernardo Arévalo Padrón tells IAPA US has granted him political asylum MIAMI, Florida (July 1, 2004) – In a telephone call today from Havana, Bernardo Arévalo Padrón, one of the most prominent members of Cuba’s independent press who spent six years in prison […]