Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop: Report | Freedom of the Press News
Listen to this article | 4 mins info A new report has expressed alarm at what it describes as backsliding press freedoms across the Americas, with the United States seeing the steepest decline. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) released its latest press freedom index on Tuesday, ranking last year as the lowest point for freedom of expression since the report began in 2020. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Researchers found that the Americas have experienced a “dramatic deterioration” in unrestricted speech, according to the report. “This is one of the worst years for journalism in the region, marked by murders, arbitrary arrests, exile, and rampant impunity in countries such as Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Cuba, and Venezuela,” the report said. It added that enhanced restrictions on free speech have occurred in countries of various ideological persuasions, whether right-wing or left-wing. The US, however, was singled out as an area of “alarming decline”. In a ranking of 23 countries across the hemisphere, the US dropped from fourth place to 11th, …
