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Link to: Peruvian government is seeking a solution to the Ivcher case

Peruvian government is seeking a solution to the Ivcher case

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 March 1999, President Alberto Fujimori announced that the government is trying to get past the problems involving businessman Baruch Ivcher. He was responding to questions regarding the possibility of an amicable solution in the famous case of the television businessman who was stripped of his Peruvian citizenship by means of an […]

Link to: Journalist receives death threats

Journalist receives death threats

(IFJ/IFEX) – On Thursday 18 March 1999, Patricia Vasquez Salinas, a journalist who worked at the Central Reserve Bank until 1992, denounced that she had been receiving death threats, as a result of her press reports on nepotism in the bank. The threats were communicated over the telephone by persistent and anonymous callers calling the […]

Link to: Another penal case against Baruch Ivcher

Another penal case against Baruch Ivcher

(IPYS/IFEX) – A new legal case was opened against Baruch Ivcher by the Court specializing in Taxation and Customs Offences, for the crimes of misappropriation, fraud and acting against the public faith causing injury to television station Frecuencia Latina minority shareholders Remigio Morales Bermúdez and the brothers Samuel and Mendel Winter Zuzunaga. **For background on […]

Link to: RSF protests closure of investigation into journalist’s death

RSF protests closure of investigation into journalist’s death

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the closure of the investigation into the death of journalist Tito Pilco Mori. According to RSF’s information, on 1 March 1999, state prosecutor Edouardo Macedo Zapata ordered the closure of the investigation into the death of Tito Pilco Mori, director and owner of Radio Frecuencia Popular, a radio station in […]

Link to: Attempted murder of journalist

Attempted murder of journalist

(IFJ/IFEX) – Early in the morning on Thursday 18 March 1999, there was an attempt on the life of José Luis Linares Altamirano, journalist and producer for Radio Maranon, in Jaen. This occurred at 1:10a.m., in the journalist’s home, located in the tenth block, Maranon street, in the Santa Beatriz neighbourhood. The assailants, two hooded […]

Link to: Huaráz journalists still threatened

Huaráz journalists still threatened

(IFJ/IFEX) – Seven journalists and two radio and television broadcasters working in Huaráz have been threatened for having reported on the negative aspects of provincial mayor Waldo Rios Salcedo’s management of municipal affairs. **Updates IFEX alert of 11 February 1999** The intimidation has worsened since 9 March 1999 and is being directed against Carlos Miranda […]

Link to: CPJ, RSF document Cuba’s crackdown on independent press

CPJ, RSF document Cuba’s crackdown on independent press

(CPJ/RSF/IFEX) – The following is a joint CPJ – RSF press release: **For more information on the new Cuban law see IFEX alert of 17 February 1999; for background on individual cases covered since 1 January 1999 see IFEX alerts of 12 March, 11 March, 5 March, 2 March, 24 February, 17 February, 5 February, […]

Link to: Journalists assaulted

Journalists assaulted

(SPP/IFEX) – SPP is denouncing and demanding an end to the various physical and verbal assaults that numerous media workers have been subjected to while carrying out their reporting work, which is guaranteed by the national Constitution. During various events, assemblies and political demonstrations, journalists have been confronted with hostile attitudes, coming mostly from leaders […]

Link to: Journalist target of death threats, in hiding

Journalist target of death threats, in hiding

(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a CJFE letter to British Columbia’s Attorney General expressing concern over death threats received by Kim Bolan, a journalist with the “Vancouver Sun” daily newspaper: **New case and update to IFEX alert of 19 November 1998** March 12, 1999 Ujjal Dosanjh Attorney General of British Colombia PO 9044 Station Provincial […]

Link to: Attempt to seize magazine, director receives death threats

Attempt to seize magazine, director receives death threats

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing concern further to a seizure attempt against the magazine “Informe R” and threats received by the publication’s director, Ruy Omar Suarez. According to RSF’s information, on Tuesday, 2 March 1999, on two separate occasions, men claiming to be police officers but who refused to present official documentation visited the offices […]

Link to: CJFE and Amnesty International Canada condemn Cuban government’s  recent moves against press freedom, urge Canadian government to pursue  this with Cuban authorities

CJFE and Amnesty International Canada condemn Cuban government’s recent moves against press freedom, urge Canadian government to pursue this with Cuban authorities

(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a joint CJFE – Amnesty International Canada letter to Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy: **Updates IFEX alerts of 11 March and 2 March 1999** The Hon. Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Fax: + 613-996-3443 12 March 1999 Dear Minister Axworthy, Both Canadian […]

Link to: RSF protests detention of journalist Raúl Rivero

RSF protests detention of journalist Raúl Rivero

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the detention of Raúl Rivero, founder and director of the independent press agency Cuba Press, and winner of the “1997 Reporters sans frontières – Fondation de France Prize”. **Updates IFEX alerts of 2 March 1999** According to RSF’s information, on the evening of 9 March 1999, Rivero was detained and […]

Link to: Aucayacu mayor publicly asks for journalist’s expulsion

Aucayacu mayor publicly asks for journalist’s expulsion

(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 9 March 1999, there was a public meeting in the central square of Aucayacu, in the Leoncio Prado province, departament of Huanuco. According to this city’s mayor, Wilder Miranda Ordonez, the journalist and owner of radio Panamericana, Jose Luis Bardales Perez (who is also a correspondant for the “La […]

Link to: Journalist detained

Journalist detained

(CPJ/IFEX) – According to CPJ’s information, journalist Manuel Vicente Peña Gomez was detained on 5 March 1999 for failure to pay the bail granted to him in relation to criminal defamation charges. CPJ was informed by its sources that three detectives of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI), which falls under the Attorney General’s responsibility, came […]

Link to: Ivcher will present official’s testimony

Ivcher will present official’s testimony

(IPYS/IFEX) – Baruch Ivcher, who has been stripped of his Peruvian nationality by the government, announced that he will present before the Interamerican Human Rights Court (CIDH) in San Jose, Costa Rica, the testimony of a high level government official, in a trial against the government slated to begin on Thursday 18 March 1999. **For […]

Link to: Investigation into journalist’s death is closed

Investigation into journalist’s death is closed

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 28 August 1997, in the outskirts of Rioja, department of San Martin, the journalist and owner of Radio “Frecuencia Popular,” Tito Pilco Mori, was found on the street, seriously hurt and lying beside his motorcycle. Six days later he died in a Lima hospital. His state of health prevented him from relating […]