Overview
- The General Assembly’s final declaration cites a continent‑wide deterioration fueled by hostile official discourse, documenting killings, exiles, censorship and financial pressure on independent media.
- Delegates adopted resolutions urging full investigations of journalist murders and rejecting gag proposals, with a specific call-out of Peru over attempts to criminalize reporting and pressure on sources.
- Pierre Manigault was elected SIP president and warned that U.S. press freedoms face unprecedented attacks from the highest levels of government, urging hemispheric solidarity among news organizations.
- The SIP’s country report on Mexico highlights a surge in legal harassment, citing 51 cases in the first half of the year from Artículo 19, alongside concerns over discretionary state advertising and tighter information controls.
- The organization announced new NED backing for RELPEX to support exiled journalists and presented its 2025 awards, including the Grand Prize for Press Freedom to Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell and multiple Excellence in Journalism honors.