IAPA, Latin American organizations join in Freedom of Expression Year Miami (December 27, 2010)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has joined together with press freedom organizations to promote 2011 as Freedom of Expression Year and organize activities that will raise public awareness of the right to information.
IAPA bids Ecuadoreans to defend freedom of expression QUITO, Ecuador (July 19, 2011)The president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Gonzalo Marroquín, called on the citizens of Ecuador to take part in the defense of freedom of expression and the press due to the deterioration that these fundamental human rights have suffered in recent years as a result of the restrictive legal system.
IAPA public campaign calls on people to demand their right to freedom of expression Miami (December 10, 2008). With images, texts and the legacy left to humankind by Pope John Paul II, Simón Bolívar and Martin Luther King, among other prominent figures, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today launched a public announcement campaign with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of freedom of expression as a fundamental value in human development and democratic life.
Hold in Venezuela forum on freedom of expression in the Americas Miami (September 14, 2009)Former President of Bolivia, Carlos Mesa, and of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, and former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda will address the Emergency Forum on Freedom of Expression which will review the major problems and current issues facing the practice of journalism in the Western Hemisphere in Venezuela this Friday, Sept. 18. Seventeen world and national press organizations are sponsoring the event.
IAPA highlights the significance of President Obamas appeal in China and backs his call for greater freedom of expression Miami (November 17, 2009)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today stressed the importance United States President Barack Obama's call yesterday in China for greater freedom of expression and information as universal values.
Brazilian judges, national and international legislators, jurists and experts to take part in a forum on freedom of expression Miami (May 25, 2011)A Forum on Freedom of Expression and the Judicial Branch of Government in Brazil, organized by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Brazils National Press Association (ANJ), will take a close look at the contributions of national and international case law and their effect upon freedom of the press.
IAPA Report: Dismal future projected for freedom of expression in Cuba Miami (November 11, 2009). The IAPA's country report on Cuba, presented during its 65th General Assembly that concluded yesterday in Buenos Aires, defined the outlook for Cuban journalism and freedom of expression as bleak and marked by political stagnation, the economic crisis, an increase in repression against independent journalists (102 acts of repression since April) and government control preventing free access to the Internet. The number of journalists in jail increased to 27 with sentences ranging from one to 28 years, and the police persecution of more than 70 independent journalists who are active in the country, has been extended to the growing movement of bloggers who defy state control on information and use of the Internet.
Presentation of the book "Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and Press" Jorge Canahuati: "Not only does it reflect the last three years of IAPA's work, but the very spirit of the Declaration of Chapultepec that was born almost 30 years ago".
Office of the Special Rapporteur launches joint report on freedom of expression in Mexico The report also makes recommendations for the protection of journalists and the effective investigation of the attacks against these professionals.