-calls for greater press freedom here and in Bermuda
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) on Tuesday called for greater press freedom in the wake of the temporary closure of CNS Channel Six and the “use of official advertising as a weapon of reprisal against a newspaper” in Bermuda.
In a press release IAPA said it is concerned that President Bharrat Jagdeo, as Minister of Communications handed down a four-month suspension of Channel Six on Saturday on the grounds that the station had “infringed on the terms of its licence.” Channel Six had aired, on three occasions; a call-in by one of its viewers threatening to kill the president should anything happen to her family.
