"A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations on the Right to Freedom of Expression by State Censorship Measures in the Americas,” held during the 190th Period of Sessions of the IACHR, the organizations presented their diagnosis and their requests to combat the problem, which are now compiled in a final report.
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The document, published in Spanish and English, brings together data, emblematic cases and analyses that point to three central strategies aimed at undermining freedom of expression in these countries: stigmatization against the work of the press, social control through new surveillance technologies and the judicialization of freedom of expression on issues of public interest."
