(IPYS/IFEX) – On Friday 13 April 2001, reporter Clemente Yatas Ayala was physically assaulted by former governor Ney Delgado Zúñiga. The journalist was injured and bruised as a result. The journalist was attacked by Delgado as the result of reports he had published questioning his aggressor’s management/conduct. Yatas, a reporter for Frecuencia Popular Radio, had […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On Friday 13 April 2001, reporter Clemente Yatas Ayala was physically assaulted by former governor Ney Delgado Zúñiga. The journalist was injured and bruised as a result.
The journalist was attacked by Delgado as the result of reports he had published questioning his aggressor’s management/conduct. Yatas, a reporter for Frecuencia Popular Radio, had previously been threatened and insulted by the former governor, following comments he made on the radio. On this occasion, the journalist was punched and kicked by Delgado.
Delgado, who is linked to the previous Fujimori regime, has been under the watchful eye of journalists ever since the Rioja Civic Committee (Comité Civico de Rioja), filed a complaint against him with the courts for alleged misappropriation of funds.
The IPYS network has confirmed that the attack occurred, with information provided by the director of the Radio Noticias programme broadcast on Frecuencia Popular Radio, Carlos Chira Cordova, and Subprefect Pablo Ruíz Mori, who witnessed the event.
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Appeals To
APPEALS TO:
Valentín Paniagua Corazao
President of the Republic
Fax: +51 1 427 6722 / 426 6535
General PNP Antonio Ketín Vidal
Minister of Interior
Fax: +51 1 224 2405
General PNP Armando Santistevan de la Flor
General Director of the National Peruvian Police (Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP)
Fax: +51 1 225 1775
Walter Albán Peralta
Ombudsman (i)
Fax: +51 1 426 6657
Pablo Ruiz Mori
Rioja Subprefect
Tel: +094 558 015
Edson Espinoza Céspedes
Major PNP of the Rioja police station
Tel: +094 558 017 / 558 515
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