Effective court action to end impunity will be urged by IAPA and ANDIARIOS at Colombia forum Miami (August 29, 2008).- The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Colombian Association of Newspapers (ANDIARIOS) will recommend a series of legal reforms in Colombia aimed at waging a more strenuous and effective battle to combat the lack of punishment surrounding crimes against journalists.
IAPA-ANDIARIOS Judicial Forum: Judiciary, legislators agree to work towards reforms to combat impunity Bogota (September 3, 2008).Colombia's judicial and legislative branches accepted recommendations to combat impunity by finding ways to reform public policy during yesterday's judicial forum held by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Association of Colombian Newspapers (Andiarios) for magistrates, judges, public prosecutors, journalists and news media executives.
Attacks on Bolivian media raise concern Miami (September 11, 2008)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned threats made against journalists in La Paz and attacks by opposition groups on state-owned Radio Patria Nueva radio station and Canal 7 television channel in Santa Cruz, Bolivia as it called on the government to take steps to protect news media and allow them to fulfill their role as reporters.
IAPA to review constitutional amendment in Bolivia during its General Assembly in Madrid The free-press organization calls for action to prevent attacks on journalists and threats to the news media in Bolivia, Argentina Miami (September 17, 2008).The Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will focus its attention on a review of the proposed text for Bolivia's constitution and its probable impact on the work of the press during its semiannual assessment of press freedom violations throughout the Western Hemisphere next Oct. 3-7 in Madrid, Spain.
Court ruling on investigative reporting in Dominican Republic raises concern Miami (September 18, 2008).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at a judge's decision in the Dominican Republic that ordered a police raid and seizure of documents and unedited videotapes belonging to a news media investigation.
IAPA protests expulsion of Human Rights Watch from Venezuela Miami (September 19, 2008)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today voiced outrage at a decision by the Venezuelan government to expel the director for the Americas of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, and the organizations investigator, Daniel Wilkinson, after they had produced a report yesterday critical of the state of human rights in the South American country.
IAPA Scholarship Fund announces applications deadline extended MIAMI, Florida (September 23, 2008)The Scholarship Fund of Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced that it is extending to January 30, 2009, the deadline for submission of applications for one-year study in Latin America, the Caribbean or North America.
Wiretap move in Brazil raises concern for IAPA Miami (September 24, 2008)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today voiced concern at a bill introduced to congress by Brazils executive branch that would amend the rules regulating wiretaps and make it an offense punishable with imprisonment for journalists and news media executives to divulge information obtained from wiretaps without a judge's authorization.
Passage of access law in Guatemala saluted by the IAPA Miami (September 24, 2008).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) hailed the passage by the Guatemalan Congress last night of a law on access to official records as a decisive step in the defense and promotion of freedom of expression and the peoples right to know -- both fundamental principles for consolidation of democracy.
