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Trinidad and Tobago

Electoral authorities agree to collaborate to improve journalistic performance in election coverage

The commitment was pledged by senior EBC officials attending an ACM workshop on election coverage in Port of Spain.

Haiti

Media ruins: video of second post-quake visit by RSF

RSF's footage shows the earthquake's impact on the media, which have a vital role to play in relaying information about relief operations and reconstruction efforts.

Haiti

Media Operations Centre gets government backing

Haiti's culture and communications minister has given her support for the Media Operations Centre installed in Port-au-Prince by RSF and Quebecor.

Haiti

AMARC calls on community broadcasters to rally in support of Haitian colleagues

AMARC is conducting an urgent assessment of the status of community broadcasting in the areas affected by the earthquake and is working to mobilise resources and technical assistance.

Venezuela/Cuba

Cuba and Venezuela called on to stop persecution of journalists

From Paris, IAPA and other international organizations urge Latin American governments to show greater respect for press freedom.

Brazil/Venezuela/Cuba

Global organisations call for release of jailed Cuban journalists, criticise Venezuelan press laws and media interference in Brazil

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 22 November 2006 IAPA press release:

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Haiti

Survivors exhausted and traumatised; media crippled

Not only did the devastating earthquake on 12 January in Haiti leave survivors with no food, no water, no shelter and no place to bury the dead, but it also left them with little or no information, report IFEX members. The media have also suffered great losses at a time when people urgently need aid information.

Cuba

A blogging revolution

Blogging flourishes in Cuba as a new generation writes critically about social and economic issues, leaving behind a generation of leaders over 70 who do not fully understand the phenomenon, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Cuba

Journalist sentenced to three years on "disrespect" charges

A Cuban journalist has been sentenced to three years in jail on charges of "disrespect for authority," report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Cuba

SIX YEARS ON, IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND RELEASE OF DISSIDENTS JAILED IN "BLACK SPRING"

Six years after Cuba's notorious "Primavera Negra" ("Black Spring") crackdown on journalists and other accused dissenters, the country continues to trample on free expression. Cuba jails more journalists than any other country but China.

Dominica

DOMINICA: MEDIA GROUPS CONDEMN DRAFT BROADCAST LAW

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), the Media Workers Association of Dominica (MWAD) and ARTICLE 19 joined forces last week to highlight the danger Dominica's draft broadcast law poses to independent media and to recommend changes to the law.

Dominican Republic

CAMERAMAN WHO COVERED CRIME SHOT DEAD

Teleunión journalist Normando García was shot and killed on 7 August 2008 in Santiago, a city north of Santo Domingo.