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."
Uruguay and Chile in the antipodes of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, in the press freedom barometer "Chapultepec Index" 2021 The country that fell the most on the scale compared to the previous year was Argentina. The one that rose the most was the Dominican Republic.
Record number of journalists jailed in 2017 A CPJ special found that 262 journalists are behind bars around the world in relation to their work.
IAPA concerned at further reduction of press freedom in Venezuela It condemns threats to independent news media by Nicolás Maduro.
IAPA announces the winners of the Grand Prize for Press Freedom 2021 Awarded to Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro of Nicaragua and Henry Constantín Ferreiro of Cuba. The award is extended to independent journalists persecuted and imprisoned in both countries.
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression publishes its new thematic report: Childhood, Freedom of Expression and the Media
IAPA awards 2019 Press Freedom Grand Prize to Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima Award to be presented at IAPA's 75th General Assembly, during Oct. 4-7 in Miami, along with the other winners of the IAPA Prizes for Excellence in Journalism in 13 categories, to be announced tomorrow Wednesday.
IAPA Bot: new attacks against the press redden the map of Latin America The weekly report on the state of press freedom in the Americas is based on data collected by IAPA Bot, a real-time monitoring tool based on Artificial Intelligence.