Press Releases
DECEMBER
- R88/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its concern regarding the assault suffered by journalists of the Teleamazonas television network in Ecuador
Washington, D.C., December 31, 2009 - R87/09 - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses profound concern at the murder of journalist José Alberto Velázquez López, owner of daily newspaper Expresiones de Tulum, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Washington, D.C., December 29, 2009 - R83/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression once more expresses its deep concern regarding the constant interferences against the transmission of TV Channel 36 during its main news program, Así se Informa, which broadcasts 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Washington, D.C., December 9, 2009
NOVEMBER
- R79/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur expresses its deepest concern regarding the attacks against freedom of expression registered in Honduras in the last few days, particularly the constant interruptions to the broadcasting signal of TV Channel 36 and the explosion in the building of Channel 10
Washington, D.C., November 26, 2009 - R76/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist Jose Bladimir Antuna Garcia, reporter of the newspaper El Tiempo, of Durango, whose body was allegedly found the night of November 2 in Durango,
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2009
OCTOBER
- R72/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses its concern regarding the growing wave of attacks against media outlets and journalists in Ecuador, and calls on the authorities to investigate these incidents
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2009
SEPTEMBER
- R71/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses its most energetic rejection of the executive decree number PCM-M-016-2009 dictated by the Honduras de facto government and the violations of the right to freedom of expression caused by its application
Washington, D.C., September 29, 2009 - R70/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of journalist Norberto Miranda Madrid, editor of the digital media outlet Radio Visión, which took place on September 23 in Chihuahua, Mexico
Washington, D.C., September 29, 2009 - R67/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its concern for the murder of journalist and cameraman Diego Rojas Velásquez, which took place on September 22, 2009, in Supía, Caldas Department, Colombia
Washington, D.C., September 25, 2009 - R66/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns the restrictions to freedom of expression that representatives of the public sector have imposed in the last few days in Honduras
Washington, D.C., September 24, 2009 - R62/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur deplores the murder of Christian Poveda, a French-Spaniard documentalist, which occurred on September 2 in El Salvador, and urges Salvadorian authorities to investigate this crime promptly and effectively and to duly prosecute those responsible
Washington, D.C., September 4, 2009 - R62/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Christian Poveda, a French-Spaniard documentalist, which occurred on September 2 in El Salvador
Washington, D.C., September 4, 2009
AUGUST
- R57/09 - The Rapporteur for Venezuelan Affairs of the IACHR and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression sent a communication to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela in order to express their deep concern about the deterioration of the situation of freedom of expression
Washington, D.C., August 5, 2009 - R55/09 - Press Release of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on the situation of freedom of expression in Venezuela, released on August 3, 2009
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2009
JULY
- R54/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemns the death of Juan Daniel Martínez Gil, reporter at W Radio and Radiorama Acapulco, whose body was found on July 28, 2009 in Guerrero, México
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2009 - R51/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses its deep concern over the criminal conviction of Milton Nelson Chacaguasay, editor and director of the weekly La Verdad, in the province of El Oro, Ecuador, and over the prison sentence handed down by the judge in the case
Washington, D.C., July 21, 2009 - R50/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression condemns the detentions and acts of intimidation to which members of television news crews from TeleSUR and Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) were subject in Honduras, incidents that forced the members of the crews to leave the country
Washington, D.C., July 12, 2009 - R48/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) deplores the murder of Gabriel Fino Noriega, radio journalist, which occurred on July 3, 2009, in San Juan Pueblo, Honduras
Washington, D.C., July 6, 2009
JUNE
- R44/09 - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression strongly condemns the limitations to the freedom of expression in Honduras, after the coup d’ Etat and the interruption of the constitutional order in that country, and calls for the absolute respect of the right to freedom of expression
Washington, D.C., June 29, 2009 - R41/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of expresses its concern over the Peruvian State’s decision to revoke the broadcast authorization of radio La Voz of Bagua Grande, province of Utcubama, which was taken on June 8, 2009
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2009 - R38/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses its satisfaction with the recent decisions on the issue of freedom of expression adopted by the legislative assemblies of Uruguay and Québec, Canada, and by the highest courts of justice in Brazil and Mexico
Washington, D.C., June 25, 2009 - R36/09 - The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR, Catalina Botero Marino, deplores the murder of Marco Antonio Estrada, correspondent for the Telediario channel of Chiquimula, Guatemala, which occurred on June 6, 2009
Washington, D.C., June 11, 2009
MAY
- R34/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of journalists Eliseo Barron, which happened in Mexico on May 26, 2009. It also expresses its concern about the threats received by reporter Lydia Cacho in the same country
Washington, D.C., May 29, 2009 - R22/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Carlos Ortega, reporter from El Tiempo de Durango in Mexico
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2009
APRIL
- R21/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of José Everardo Aguilar, reporter from Radio Super in Colombia
Washington, D.C., April 29, 2009 - R15/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of reporters Rafael Munguía in Honduras, and Rolando Santiz in Guatemala, as well as the attack against cameraman Antonio de León
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2009
FEBRUARY
- R5/09 - The UN Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of IAHRC of the OAS, expressed their concern over statements made by high authority officials of the Colombian government against the journalist Hollman Morris
Washington, D.C., February 9, 2009
JANUARY
- R1/09 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Orel Sambrano, director of ABC de la semana and Radio América in Carabobo, Venezuela
Washington, D.C., January 22, 2009
JUNE
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Press Release 42-09: IACHR STRONGLY CONDEMNS COUP D’ETAT IN HONDURAS
Washington, D.C., June 28, 2009
OCTOBER
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Se ha efectuado la preseleccion de candidatos al cargo de Abogado/a Especializado de acuerdo con los criterios definidos en el llamado de hojas de vida. La Relatoria manifiesta su reconocimiento y satisfaccion por la riqueza de las hojas de vida presentadas
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2009 - ANNOUNCEMENT: SELECCIONADO ABOGADO JUNIOR
Washington, D.C., October 19, 2009
MAY
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The four special mandates on freedom of expression – from the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR- issued a Joint Statement on Media and Elections
Washington, D.C., May 15, 2009 - ANNOUNCEMENT: The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression presents its Annual Report 2008, the second volumen of the IACHR Annual Report
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2009
JANUARY
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The media freedom rapporteurs of the UN, the OSCE, the OAS and the ACHPR issued a joint declaration on defamation of religions, and anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation, after meeting on December 9, 2008, in Athens, Greece
Washington, D.C., January 23, 2009
