World press associations committee calls for more guarantees for press freedom in Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela NEW YORK, NY (December 10, 2008)The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations yesterday demanded more guarantees for freedom of the press and of expression in Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela during a special session here on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Several laws to restrict press freedom in Bolivia raise IAPA concern Miami (May 25, 2011)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at the state of press freedom in Bolivia, at a time when a number of proposed laws are being questioned, among them one that would require every speech by President Evo Morales to be broadcast in national hookups and another that would ban media from conducting interviews or voicing opinions concerning the appointment of judges.
IAPA outraged at murder of journalist in Brazil, another in Honduras Miami (April 24, 2012)The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned the death in Brazil of Décio Sá, the fourth journalist to be killed in the South American country so far this year, and called on the authorities there to conduct a prompt and in-depth investigation to determine who was responsible.
