Press Releases
MAY
- R191/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Jorge Mérida, journalist in Guatemala, and urges Guatemalan authorities to investigate the crime
Washington, D.C., May 16, 2008
APRIL
- R190/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Teresa Bautista Merino y Felicitas Martínez Sánchez, hosts at community radio in Mexico, and urges Mexican authorities to investigate the crime
Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008 - R189/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Bolivian reporter Carlos Quispe Quispe, and urges the authorities of Bolivia to investigate the crime
Washington, D.C., April 9, 2008 - R188/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression presents its Annual Report 2007, which evaluates the situation on freedom of expression within the Americas
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2008
MARCH
- R186/08 - The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Ignacio J. Álvarez, announced his decision not to seek reelection to the post seek reelection to the post
Washington, D.C., March 10, 2008
FEBRUARY
- R185/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concludes visit to Honduras and makes recomendations
Washington, D.C., February 19, 2008
JANUARY
- R184/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives financial contribution from Canada to support the promotion and defense of the right to freedom of expression
Washington, D.C., January 25, 2008 - R183/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS requests an exhaustive investigation into the murder of Walter Lessa de Oliveira, a journalist who was working at the Alagoas State Legislature’s TV Station
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2008
NOVEMBER
- R50/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Armando Rodríguez Carreón, journalist of the daily El Diario at Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2008
OCTOBER
- R44/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Miguel Villagómez Valle, director of the daily La Noticia in Michoacán, Mexico
Washington, D.C., October 23, 2008
AUGUST
- R37/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Normando García, cameraman and TV producer in Dominican Republic, and urges Dominican authorities to investigate the crime
Washington, D.C., August 14, 2008
JUNE
- R24/08 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Pierre Fould Gerges, Vice President of a daily in Venezuela, and urges Venezuelan authorities to investigate the crime
Washington, D.C., June 5, 2008
OCTOBER
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The Inter-American Comission on Human Rights elected Colombian attorney Catalina Botero Marino as Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Washington, D.C., October 26, 2008
