IAPA condemnation and concern over attacks on journalists in the US Numerous attacks, arrests and threats against journalists and members of the press covering social protests in different cities of the United States.
Abduction of journalist in Honduras raises IAPAs concern Miami (June 25, 2013).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) urged the Honduran authorities to investigate the kidnapping of journalist Aníbal Barrow, take effective action to ensure his protection, and to put an end to the violence being unleashed against the press.
Main threats to journalism in the Americas Carlos Jornet, president of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, reports to the 79th IAPA General Assembly
IAPA adds support for appeal against Ecuadors Communication Law MIAMI, Florida (September 5, 2013)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today publicly called on Ecuadors Constitutional Court to act on a claim of unconstitutionality submitted on Tuesday against the new Communication Organic Law by 60 Ecuadorean citizens, among them artists, former judges, authors, journalists, intellectuals and former legislators. It declared that the law restricts freedom of expression, putting in the governments hands, through agencies and staff appointed by the President, full control of the flow of information.
IAPA urges speed-up in investigations into deaths of journalists in Honduras MIAMI, Florida (December 29, 2009)In a new step in its hemisphere-wide campaign to create public awareness and have unpunished murders of journalists solved the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called on the Chief Justice of the Honduras Supreme Court, Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés, to act to see that investigations into the deaths of three journalists in his country move ahead.
