The International Press Institute (IPI) today cautiously welcomed the exclusion, in a resolution approved on Friday by an Organisation of American States (OAS) Special General Assembly, of provisions designed to weaken the Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression, the bloc’s free-speech watchdog. Most significantly, the government of Ecuador – and its allies in Venezuela, Bolivia, […]

Foreign ministers representing the 35 members of the Organisation of American States (OAS) will gather this Friday in Washington for a possible vote on proposed reforms to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that the International Press Institute (IPI) fears would greatly weaken the OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. In a series […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Venezuelan interim government to respect press freedom, refrain from any form of harassment of opposition media, and ensure the safety of journalists in the upcoming presidential election. The vote, to be held on April 14, will be a crucial test for the state of press freedom […]

This Friday, at the invitation of the Ecuadorean government, state parties to the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights will meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador to discuss proposed reforms to the inter-American human rights system. The outcome of this gathering, whose results will be presented at an Organization of American States (OAS) Special General Assembly meeting on […]