Miami (August 6, 2012)—International press organizations meeting in Chile have urged the governments of Argentina and Ecuador to respect the unfettered circulation of information. At the same time they called other countries for reforms of public policies to put an end to violence against the press and declared that freedom of expression on the Internet should have the same protection enjoyed by traditional media.
The Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations held its half-yearly meeting in Santiago, Chile, on July 12, with the participation of representatives of the following organizations: International Association of Broadcasting (IAB), World Association of Newspapers and Editors/IFRA (WAN-IFRA), Worldwide Magazine Media Association (FIPP), World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), International Press Institute (IPI), Commonwealth Press Union (CPU Media Trust), and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA).
The full texts of the resolutions can be downloaded from the following links: Argentina, Ecuador, Violence and Impunity, and Freedom of the Press in the New News Media.
The IAPA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of freedom of the press and of expression in the Americas. It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications from throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida. For more information please go to http://www.sipiapa.org.
