A 9 August 1996 report sent to FIP from FIP member the Argentine Federation of Press Workers (Federacion Argentina de Trabajadores de Prensa, FATPREN) casts doubt on reports of an attack on journalist Santiago Pinetta. **Updates IFEX alerts of 8 and 2 August 1996** According to FATPREN, the Chief of the federal police practically accused […]
A 9 August 1996 report sent to FIP from FIP member the Argentine
Federation of Press Workers (Federacion Argentina de Trabajadores
de Prensa, FATPREN) casts doubt on reports of an attack on
journalist Santiago Pinetta.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 8 and 2 August 1996**
According to FATPREN, the Chief of the federal police practically
accused Pinetta of having faked part of the attack. FATPREN says
there was a robbery, but some witnesses say the incident was a
petty crime in which Pinetta was only hit in the face. Emergency
doctors at the hospital where Pinetta was first attended to
reportedly confirmed these facial injuries. However, Pinetta is
said to have gone back to hospital four hours later with the cuts
and etching on his thorax.
FATPREN has not obtained any new information to date, but the
union continues to investigate.
