Freedom of Expression
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Press Release 182/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression releases quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in the region between April and June 2007.
Press Release about the Special Study on the Right of Access to Information
The Office of the Special Rapporteur has elaborated a Special Study on the Right of Access to Information, that reviews regional and international case history related to this issue and lays out principles that should be included in any legal framework to guarantee this right.
Press Release 181/07
On the 130th period of sessions of the IACHR, the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression presented a report about the activities of promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression that it has developed in the past eighteen months.
Press Release 180/07
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Honduran reporter Carlos Salgado, and urges the Honduran authorities to investigate the crime.
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Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives financial contribution from the government of United States of America to support the promotion and defense of the right to freedom of expression.
Press Release 178/07
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concludes visit to Haiti and makes recomendations.
Press Release about the Special Study on the Right of Access to Information
The Office of the Special Rapporteur has elaborated a Special Study on the Right of Access to Information, that reviews regional and international case history related to this issue and lays out principles that should be included in any legal framework to guarantee this right.
Press Release 177/ 07
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression requests an exhaustive investigation on the murder of Colombian reporter Javier Dario Arroyave.
Press Release 176/07
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of Alberto Palma Godoy, a Chilean journalist who was working in Paraguay, and urges the Paraguayan authorities to investigate the crime.
Press Release 174/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression recieves financial contribution from the government of France to support its activities in promoting and defending the right to freedom of expression.
Press Release 173/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives financial contribution from the government of Costa Rica to support the promotion and defense of the right to freedom of expression.
Press Release 172/07
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression expresses its concern about the decision of the Government of Guyana to withdraw its official advertising from a daily newspaper.
Press Release 171/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives financial contribution from the government of Italy to support the promotion and defense of the right to freedom of expression.
Press Release 170/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives financial contribution from the government of Korea to support the promotion and defense of the right to freedom of expression.
Press Release 169/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression requires an exhaustive investigation into the murder of Alix Joseph in Haiti.
Press Release 168/07
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expresses its concern for the situation of freedom of expression in Venezuela.
Press Release 167/07
Office of ths Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression requests exhaustive investigation into murder of journalist in Brazil.
Press Release 166/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression requests exhaustive investigation into murder and dissapearance of journalists in Mexico.
Press Release 165/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores murder of journalist Amado Ramírez in Mexico.
Press Release 164/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression presents its Annual Report.
Press Release 163/07
Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression deplores the murder of journalist Miguel Pérez Julca in Peru.
Press Release 162/07
Evaluation of Freedom of Expression on the last quarter of 2006: The Office of the Special Rapporteur expresses concern for vulnerability of journalists in the region.