News @en IAPA condemns restrictive law in Mexico, calls for its repeal Miami (August 5, 2014)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today protested against the inclusion of a clause in the Law of the State Attorneys Office in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, stating it is a serious act of censorship that limits news coverage by the media in matters of public interest.
News @en IAPA condemns harassment of Bolivian paper El Deber MIAMI, Florida (May 21, 2014)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned today the suspension of official advertising placement, and the intimidation campaign against the Bolivian newspaper El Deber by the Santa Cruz de la Sierra municipal government in apparent reprisal for the broadcast of a video in which the municipalitys mayor showed disrespect for a female television reporter during a public ceremony.
News @en IAPA notes IACHR report on Ecuador coincides with its own view It also echoes Fundamedios criticism of Twitter for inaction over censorship MIAMI, Florida (April 25, 2017) The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) finds the criticism regarding the lack of freedom of expression in Ecuador, expressed in the annual report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), consistent with its position on the deterioration of press freedom in the South American country.
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.
