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IAPA and CPJ send international mission to Guatemala

  • Source: IAPA
  • January 25, 2024

"A joint mission of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is visiting Guatemala City this week to assess press freedom conditions in the country following the inauguration of President Bernardo Arévalo.

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The main goal of the mission is to address the difficult situation and numerous challenges faced by Guatemalan journalists. The delegation will have meetings with representatives of local media, Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez, and the president of the Supreme Court of Justice Oscar Cruz Silva. The mission also plans to visit José Rubén Zamora, president, and founder of elPeriódico, who has been imprisoned since July 2022 in retaliation for his investigative journalistic work."

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