The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression publishes its new thematic report: Childhood, Freedom of Expression and the Media
Guatemala electoral regulation undermines freedom of expression, of the press and of enterprise "To impose those measures upon privately-owned media amounts to an act of interference that undermines freedom of expression, of the press and of enterprise," declared IAPA President María Elvira Domínguez.
A bleak picture of violations of freedom of expression and press freedom in the Americas Presented by the IAPA at the conclusion of its 77th General Assembly.
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.
IAPA asks Uruguayan legislators to modify norm that threatens freedom of expression The legislators "have overreached in their work, creating "a new crime of communication or a new criminal action contrary to constitutional principles on freedom of expression and of the press."
IAPA condemns new attacks on the press in Venezuela Recent acts of violence confirm the restriction of freedom of expression and of the press and the increase in acts of intimidation, institutional and physical violence that are making the search for and dissemination of information criminal offenses.
Carlos Jornet, President of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information Lee Hills Sessions, October 19, 2021
IAPA backs Nicaraguan press request for respect, end to repression Independent journalists and media call for respect for freedom of expression and of the press and an end to aggressions and reprisals on the part of the government for informing the people.
