America Is No Longer the Standard Bearer for a Free Press "The mobilizing is here, and organizations such as mine are now on the frontlines", stated Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Message of IAPA President from Peru on World Press Freedom Day Matt Sanders committed to continue fighting for the public's right to access information in a free, diverse and pluralistic manner.
National campaign to protect press freedom in the United States Through video, radio, digital, print, and social media assets, the campaign communicates a simple, powerful truth: To be free, we must be informed.
IAPA will address violations of press freedom in the Americas Annual General Assembly from October 21 to 23, virtually and free for all participants.
IAPA Condemns New Attacks on Free Speech in Cuba "Sooner or later, there will be a change in Cuba because the people no longer have anything to lose."
IAPA rejects bill in Peru to prohibit official advertising in privately-owned media The bill discriminates against the constitutional principles of press freedom, freedom of trade and access to public information and transparency.
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 concerned about possible criminalization of defamation in Mexico The IAPA executives suggested that the government observe the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which states that "reputation protection must be guaranteed only through civil sanctions".