Bolivia

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 29 November 2006, officials of the Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio de Gobierno) confiscated documents related to alleged administrative irregularities which took place in the Migrations Office in the city of Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, in the possession of journalist José Antonio Quisbert, of the newspaper “Nuevo Día”. Ministry personnel detained Quisbert […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 November 2006, photojournalist Martín Alípaz of EFE news agency was assaulted by a group of policemen while he was photographing a police operation to restore the movement of traffic along a stretch of the highway that runs between La Paz and Oruro, following a march by transport vehicle owners protesting against […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 18 September IAPA press release: IAPA protests attacks on La Razón staff in Bolivia Calls for action to ensure paper’s unfettered distribution MIAMI, Florida (September 18, 2006) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today protested attacks on employees at the La Razón newspaper in Bolivia by street newsvendors […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – During the early hours of 8 September 2006, unidentified persons threw two molotov cocktails against the facilities of the state television station Channel 7, in the city of Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia. There were no casualties or material damage. Security personnel were able to put out the fire caused by the explosions. Police […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 1 September 2006 IAPA press release: IAPA, ANP call on Bolivian lawmakers to adopt principles of Declaration of Sucre SUCRE, Bolivia (September 1, 2006) – The spirit of the IAPA-sponsored Declaration of Chapultepec has been incorporated into the Declaration of Sucre, a document submitted for consideration here by Bolivia’s […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 25 August 2005 IAPA press release: IAPA DEPLORES IMPUNITY IN DEATH OF BOLIVIAN JOURNALIST It calls on the public to sign letters of support at http://www.impunidad.com MIAMI, Florida (August 25, 2005) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA), in an announcement published today in 318 newspapers around the Western […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage over the physical attack on camera operator Freddy Calderón, of ATB Canal 9 television, who was beaten up by a gang of smugglers in the western city of Oruro on 22 July 2005. “We condemn this use of violence against a journalist who was just doing his job,” the […]

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) – Journalist Rodolfo Bluske has received no response so far to a letter he recently sent to the Presidential Anti-Corruption Delegation (Delegación Presidencial Anticorrupción), requesting information needed for an analysis of corruption cases reported in the Department of Tarija and the counter-measures taken by the Delegation there. The journalist’s right to a response is […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has protested the 19 April 2005 assault on cameraman José Luis Conde, of Bolivisión television station, by a military policeman and an officer during a ceremony at the military academy in La Paz. “A military facility is not above the law. We firmly condemn this abuse of authority and act of violence […]

(AMARC/IFEX) – On 14 May 2004, government ministers and Bolivian President Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert ratified a Decree on Community-Based Radio Broadcasting. The move was hailed as a significant advance in terms of recognising community-based radio stations and brings Bolivia one step closer to implementing the recommendations put forth by the Inter-American Commission on Human […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 October 2003, the Bolivian Press Workers Federation (Federación de Trabajadores de la Prensa de Bolivia) condemned the army for firing at two journalists while they were covering the violent repression of a demonstration by miners in Patacamaya municipality. The miners were marching towards the city of La Paz to demand President […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 12 October 2003, three photographers, all of whom are correspondents for international news agencies, came under attack when a group of soldiers that was patrolling the Santiago Segundo zone, in the city of El Alto, fired in their direction. The incident occurred around midday (local time), when soldiers used teargas to break […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 October 2003 CPJ press release: BOLIVIA: Media outlets and journalists attacked, threatened as political crisis intensifies New York, October 17, 2003-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed that several media outlets and journalists have been attacked or threatened this week during month-long antigovernment protests that threaten […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called on President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada to punish those responsible for a wave of threats and violence against media outlets that has accompanied a government crackdown on opposition protests in Bolivia. “The army and intelligence services have been implicated in attacks on the press, and we call for investigations into […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has denounced threats against journalists covering Bolivia’s two-week-old social and political crisis. Staff at Radio Fides radio station and Canal 2 and Canal 39 television stations received anonymous threatening telephone calls on 13 October 2003. Personnel at Pachamama, Celestial and Erbol radio stations were also threatened two days earlier. “We call on […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 September 2003, at approximately 2:30 p.m. (local time) in the Villa Huayna Potosí area of the city of El Alto, La Paz department, a journalist, two photographers and a driver for “La Razón” newspaper were attacked by a mob of local residents. An article published in “La Razón” on 16 September […]