News IAPA condemns administrative censorship of newspapers in Nicaragua IAPA condemned the administrative censorship imposed by the Nicaraguan government on La Prensa and El Nuevo Diario, on withholding the delivery of supplies for the publication of the two newspapers. 0
News Application deadline for $20,000 IAPA post-graduate scholarship grant extended to Feb. 15 Scholarships consist of a stipend of $20,000 plus the round-trip travel costs between the winning applicants' home and the university.
News IAPA 2018 balance: highs and lows of press freedom in the Americas In her evaluation of press freedom in the Americas during 2018, the president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), María Elvira Domínguez, declared that advances in legal and digital issues were overshadowed by the murders of 31 journalists and media workers, the imprisonment of five others, and by the constant attacks on individual and social liberties in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Freedom of Expression IAPA asks Ecuador and Colombia governments to fully clarify the murder of three journalists IAPA make a public call on them to continue with the same determination for the crime to be fully clarified and true justice to be done.
News IAPA pleased at document in Brazil on international standards for protection of journalists IAPA expressed satisfaction at a document of Brazil's Human Rights Ministry that sets out principles and tools for the defense and protection of the work of journalists.
News IAPA asks OAS to invoke Democratic Charter in Nicaragua The IAPA declared that "the recent actions of the regime's control policy impels us to make a forceful call upon the OAS to reaffirm respect in Nicaragua for essential liberties.
Freedom of Expression Serious attacks on freedom of expression in Nicaragua bring protest IAPA President María Elvira Domínguez declared, "This is a serious act of violation and another blatant action against the media that bravely report and expose before the citizenry the true face of a regime distanced from tolerance and democracy."
News IAPA calls halt to print version of El Nacional newspaper one more regression of press freedom in Venezuela IAPA President María Elvira Domínguez in the name of the organization expressed solidarity "with El Nacional, its publisher and editor Miguel Henrque Otcero and with all the journalists and employees who are suffering this new and serious attack."
News IAPA disconcerted at plan to regulate the exercise of journalism in Colombia If Law 234, which went into second debate in the Senate, is passed it would create a Professional Council for studying and approving requests presented by those who want to work as journalists.
News New murder of journalist highlights pending task for Mexican president AMLO IAPA President, María Elvira Domínguez declares that this crime is a "painful reminder of the immense problem of the violencia an impunity" in Mexico.
