Tag: Milton Coleman

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Ecuador president limits publicity to “friendly” media and raids magazine office

  

  The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) described as “contrary to the principles of freedom of expression and press freedom” an order by the Government of Ecuador to withdraw official advertising from independent news media.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 21:56 UTC

  IAPA pays homage to the 24 journalists from Latam killed over the last 12 months

  

  As we near the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Inter American Press Association this month, I’d also like to take this especial date, May 3, World Press Freedom Day, as an opportunity to pay homage to the 24 journalists from Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Peru that were killed over the last 12 months. Our thoughts are with their families and colleagues, especially because in the majority of these cases, justice has not yet been done.