UN Global call to improve the safety of journalists on the ground Action-oriented recommendations to improve the protection of journalists and reinforce the implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity were identified by key stakeholders at a meeting organized by UNESCO and OHCHR in Geneva.
Twenty years later (By Danilo Arbilla) The data is not so promising or encouraging: more than 400 journalists have been murdered, and very few of those cases, not quite 20 percent, have been solved and the responsible parties punished.
IAPA expresses solidarity with Cuban reporter under house arrest Sol García Basulto, of La Hora de Cuba and correspondent of 14ymedio, is acussed of alleged "encroachment of legal capacity" for "carrying out interviews".
IAPA concerned at further reduction of press freedom in Venezuela It condemns threats to independent news media by Nicolás Maduro.
IAPA announces list of finalists in 2017 Excellence in Journalism contest The organization holds each year the awards to encourage excellence in journalism.
IAPA announces winners of 2017 Excellence in Journalism awards IAPA rewarded the work of media and journalists of Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States and Venezuela.
Hearing at IAHR Court for justice in the case of Nelson Carvajal The case of the Colombian journalist, murdered in 1998, will today have it day in the IACHR Court. Beginning at 3:00 p.m. (Costa Rica time) follow the hearing here.
Argentine Paper Stood Up to the Generals, but Succumbed to Market Forces From The New York Times, August 27, 2017
Concern at threats against El Salvador digital media journalists Intimidation against journalists of Revista Factum and El Faro, after they published investigations that revealed the participation of policemen in unlawful executions.
