IAPA concerned at recent spike in the number of direct and indirect censorship cases Miami (September 4, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced today that in response to grave complaints it has received from a number of countries regarding attacks, threats and legal restrictions on the press, it will discuss and evaluate the occurrences of direct and indirect censorship during two successive events to be held in Caracas and Buenos Aires.
IAPA repeats its warning that Venezuelan government intends to shut down independent media Miami (September 9, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) issued again today its warning that the Venezuelan government intends to shut down independent news media including the television network Globovisión, which is already the subject of six administrative processes, and threatens to close 29 radio stations in addition to 34 others taken off the air last month.
IAPA urges Argentine Congress to debate communications bill without passion or haste Miami (September 10, 2009).The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today issued an open call to the National Congress of Argentina to conduct its controversial debate on a bill for an Audiovisual Communication Services Law without passion or haste. Otherwise, the organization warned, it could undermine the very intent of the legislation, which seeks to set new broadcast norms, and would violate press freedom and the publics right to receive diverse and multi-sourced information.
IAPA protests overstated act against Clarín Miami (September 11, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today protested the exaggeration evident in the operation by Argentina's government tax office involving more than 200 inspectors. It called the action at the headquarters of Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín, intimidating and part of a campaign of harassment of the paper.
Hold in Venezuela forum on freedom of expression in the Americas Miami (September 14, 2009)Former President of Bolivia, Carlos Mesa, and of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, and former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda will address the Emergency Forum on Freedom of Expression which will review the major problems and current issues facing the practice of journalism in the Western Hemisphere in Venezuela this Friday, Sept. 18. Seventeen world and national press organizations are sponsoring the event.
IAPA condemns attack on Sinaloa weekly Miami (September 15, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned last week's hand grenade attack on the headquarters of the Sinaloa, Mexico, weekly Ríodoce and called on the authorities to make every effort to identify those responsible and bring them to justice.
Western hemisphere press holds Emergency Forum in Venezuela with international organizations' support Miami (September 16, 2009)An Emergency Forum on Freedom of Expression sponsored by 17 international and national press and communication organizations to be held this Friday (September 18) in Caracas, Venezuela, will include four discussion panels that will deal with the main problems facing press freedom and free speech nationally and regionally in the Western Hemisphere.
Conclusions of Emergency Forum on Freedom of Expression Miami (September 21, 2009)The creation of a legal framework to cripple news media operations, verbal smears, legal harassment and attacks on journalists are some of the common denominators in acts used against press freedom in several countries throughout the Americas, according to conclusions reached at a forum held by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Venezuelan Press Bloc (BPV) in Caracas on September 18.
IAPA calls for respect for press freedom, safety of journalists and media in Honduras Miami (September 23, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) demanded respect for press freedom and journalists and news media, independent of political ideologies, amidst the political crisis in Honduras as essential measures to guarantee the publics right to receive information without restrictions or censorship.
