World Association of News Publishers


Violence

When highlighting violence against journalists and impunity in the Americas, countries like Mexico, Honduras, Colombia and Brazil come to mind. But impunity remains a serious problem in Peru as well.

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Rodrigo Bonilla's picture

Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2014-04-24 18:04

Reporters Without Borders and WAN-IFRA have written to French President François Hollande urging him to raise the issue of the safety of journalists and impunity for crimes of violence against media personnel during his two-day official visit to Mexico that begins tomorrow.

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Andrew Heslop

Date

2014-04-09 15:28

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) addressed a letter to President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday 4 April expressing their "outrage" at the recent armed attack against Adrián López, director of Noroeste, a Sinaloa daily.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2014-04-04 23:19

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has condemned threats made against Mexican journalist and local representative of media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders, Balbina Flores Martinez.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2014-03-19 18:17

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) have called for an immediate and thorough investigation into an armed attack on the home of Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2014-01-22 11:29

Paris, France, Darmstadt, Germany and Vienna, Austria, May 7, 2013 – The International Press Institute and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today welcomed the passage of seminal legislation in Mexico designed to combat the almost complete impunity in cases of crimes committed against the country’s journalists.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2013-05-07 14:04

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the International Press Insitute (IPI) addressed a letter on 22 April 2013, to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, expressing their concern for alleged threats against a reporter of weekly magazine 'Proceso'.

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Rodrigo Bonilla's picture

Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2013-04-22 15:58

A report released in April 2013 by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the International Press Institute (IPI) following their February joint press-freedom mission to Mexico states that the new Mexican federal government must work to fully implement recent institutional measures designed to improve journalist safety.

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Rodrigo Bonilla's picture

Rodrigo Bonilla

Date

2013-04-15 13:53

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