(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 March 2006, Channel 13’s programme “Noticias en Red” journalist Gudelia Galvez Tafur and cameraman Moisés Cadillo Sánchez, and Channel 7’s programme “Confirmado Regional” journalist Élmer Ramírez Cosme and cameraman Rafael Ángeles Sauri were assaulted by a group of villagers who were demonstrating in the streets of Huaraz, Ancash region, northwestern Peru. […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 March 2006, Channel 13’s programme “Noticias en Red” journalist Gudelia Galvez Tafur and cameraman Moisés Cadillo Sánchez, and Channel 7’s programme “Confirmado Regional” journalist Élmer Ramírez Cosme and cameraman Rafael Ángeles Sauri were assaulted by a group of villagers who were demonstrating in the streets of Huaraz, Ancash region, northwestern Peru.
The journalists were covering the protest of the villagers against the pollution allegedly being caused by mining company Barrick Misquichilca, when one of the leaders, whom the journalists identified as Hugo Chinchay, urged the protesters to stop the reporters from working, without any explanation. The demonstrators immediately attacked the journalists, pushing and hitting them, forcing them away from the scene of the demonstration.
The journalists were slightly injured and their equipment was damaged.
