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INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

OEA/Ser.L/V/II.

Doc. 69


30 December 2011

Original: Spanish




ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
2011

VOLUME II

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

2011
Dr. Catalina Botero

Special Rapporteur for Freedom Of Expression

GENERAL SECRETARIAT

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

WASHINGTON, D.C.



OAS Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression.

      Informe anual de la Relatoría Especial para la Libertad de Expresión, 2011 : Informe anual de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, 201l, vol.2 / Catalina Botero Marino, Relatora Especial para la Libertad de Expresión.

       v. ; cm. (OEA documentos oficiales ; OEA/Ser.L)

    ISBN 978-0-8270-5786-9

1. Freedom of information--America. 2. Freedom of Speech--America. 3. Civil rigths—America. 4. Human rights--America. I. Botero Marino, Catalina. II. Title. III. Series. OAS official records ; OEA/Ser.L.

                                      



OEA/Ser.L/V/II  Doc.69, v.2





Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Confédération suisse
Confederazione Svizzera

Confederaziun svizra

Document elaborated and printed thanks to the financial support European Commission (IEDDH Cris No. 2009 / 167-432), the Swedish Foundation for Human Rights, and contributions of Governments from Costa Rica, France, Switzerland and United States of America

Approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on December 30, 20111

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 2011
Index
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TABLE OF ACRONYMS AND REFERENCES vii

CHAPTER I 3

GENERAL INFORMATION 3

A. Creation of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Institutional Support 3

B. Mandate of the Office of the Special Rapporteur 6

C. Principal Activities of the Office of the Special Rapporteur 7

D. Staff of the Office of the Special Rapporteur 20

B. Evaluation of the state of freedom of expression in the Member States 24

Reporters Without Borders. February 4, 2011. Jailed Journalists on Hunger Strike; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). February 9, 2011. Press Cuba to keep promise to free journalists; Agence France Presse (AFP). February 10, 2011. Un preso político cubano levanta su huelga de hambre de ocho días. [One Cuban political prisoner ends eight-day hunger strike] 68

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)/IFEX. April 25, 2011. Journalists face arrest, intimidation during Party Congress; Reporters Without Borders. July 1, 2011. Authorities Step Up Harassment of Independent News Centre. 69

Misceláneas de Cuba. April 19, 2011. Informe sobre represión contra corresponsales de Hablemos Press [Report on repression against correspondents of Hablemos Press]; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)/IFEX, April 25, 2011. Journalists face arrest, intimidation during Party Congress. 69

El País. September 5, 2011. Apoyo de FAPE y Reporteros sin Fronteras al corresponsal de El País en Cuba. [FAPE and Reporters Without Borders Come to Defense of El País correspondent in Cuba]; Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. September 5, 2011. Unhappy with "negative" coverage, Cuba revokes press credentials of foreign correspondent. 71

Andean Group for Freedom of Information (EL GALI). July 13, 2011. Articulista renuncia para evitar que demanda de presidente por $80 millones quiebre al medio. Available at: http://www.elgali.org/monitoreo/ecuador/articulista-renuncia-evitar-que-demanda-presidente-80-millones-quiebre-al-medio; El Universo. July 11, 2011. Emilio Palacio renuncia a editoría de Opinión y a su columna en este Diario. Available at: http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/07/11/1/1355/emilio-palacio-renuncia-editoria-opinion-columna-diario.html?p=1354&m=638 78

Andean Group for Freedom of Information (EL GALI). June 30, 2011. Gobierno Interrumpe Programa de Entrevistas y Descalifica a su Entrevistadora. Available at: http://www.elgali.org/monitoreo/ecuador/gobierno-interrumpe-programa-entrevistas-y-descalifica-su-entrevistadora; International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). August 10, 2011. Presidente de la república insta a legisladores a que enjuicien a periodista. Available at: http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/08/10/hinostroza_harassed/es/; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). September 1, 2011. Ecuador bajo Correa: confrontación y represión. Available at: http://www.cpj.org/es/CPJ.es.ecuador.9.1.11.pdf 87

See generally, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). At Occupy protests, U.S. journalists arrested, assaulted. Available at: http://cpj.org/blog/2011/11/at-occupy-protests-us-journalists-arrested-assault.php; Wall Street Journal. November 18, 2011. Protesters Clash with Police: Several Hundred Arrested Around U.S. on Movement's Two-Month Anniversary. Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203699404577043970206021872.html 108

Republic of El Salvador. Law on Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction. Available at: http://www.ute.gob.sv/uteweb/publicaciones/ley_jurisdiccion_contencioso_administrativa.pdf 279

Republic of El Salvador. Law on Access to Public Information. Art. 101. The Law was approved through decree 534 of 2011 and entered into effect on May 8, 2011. Available at: http://www.accesoinformacionelsalvador.org/documentos/LEYDEACCESOALAINFORMACION.pdf 286

CHAPTER V 381

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 381

A.Violence against journalists and media outlets 381

B.Criminalization of expression and promoting proportionality in the application of subsequent liability 382

C. Statements of high-level State authorities 383

D. Prior censorship 383

E. Discriminatory distribution of government advertising 383

F. Progress on access to information 384

G. Allocation of radio frequencies 384







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