Press Releases
DECEMBER
- R131/05 - The three international defenders and promoters of Freedom of Expression approved a joint declaration regarding the right to freedom of expression in the context of the fight against terrorism and the Internet
Washington, D.C., December 22, 2005
OCTOBER
- R130/05 - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses concern about administrative resolution ordering closure of regional newspaper El Impulso in Venezuela
Washington, D.C., October 26, 2005 - R129/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights deplores the recent attacks against Haitian press.
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2005
SEPTEMBER
- R128/05 - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemns the recent attacks against the building of Central Marília de Notícias (CMN) in São Paulo state, Brazil
Washington, D.C., September 14, 2005 - R127/05 - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemns recent attacks against transmission towers of local broadcasters in Colombia
Washington, D.C., September 9, 2005
JULY
- R126/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses satisfaction with judicial decisions in Guatemala and Honduras that found "desacato" laws (contempt) to be unconstitutional
Washington, D.C., July 5, 2005
JUNE
- R125/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores that journalists Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine face time in prison for refusing to reveal their confidential sources in a grand jury investigation
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2005 - R124/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression highlights the support of the XXXV General Assembly for the rights to freedom of expression and access to public information
Washington, D.C., June 15, 2005
MAY
- R123/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its serious concern about the threats that were recently received by three Colombian journalists
Washington, D.C., May 18, 2005 - R122/05 - Press Release 122/05
Washington, D.C., May 3, 2005 - R121/05 - Press Release 121/05
Washington, D.C., May 1, 2005
APRIL
- R120/05 - Press Release 120/05
Washington, D.C., April 25, 2005 - R119/05 - Office of the Rapporteur makes its Annual Report public and calls attention to the increase of violence against media workers in 2004
Washington, D.C., April 19, 2005
MARCH
- R118/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR expresses its concern over the passage of the Bill on the Partial Reform of the Criminal Code by the Legislative Assembly of Venezuela
Washington, D.C., March 28, 2005 - R117/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR expresses its serious concern about the attack on the exercise of freedom of the press that occurred against the transmission towers of the local radio stations Cristalina Estéreo and Espléndida Estéreo
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2005 - R116/05 - The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR approved a joint declaration
Washington, D.C., March 4, 2005
JANUARY
- R115/05 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the assassination of Colombian journalist Julio Hernando Palacios Sánchez. Likewise, he urges Colombian authorities to launch an investigation into the act and to punish the perpetrators
Washington, D.C., January 21, 2005
