IAPA criticises position taken by House of Representatives against daily
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 19 December 2002 IAPA press release: IAPA criticises position taken by House of Representatives against Bolivian daily Miami (December 19, 2002) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today criticised a resolution adopted by the Bolivian House of Representatives that denounces the daily La Razon for having published information […]
IAPA demands investigation into journalist’s murder
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an 11 April 2002 IAPA press release: IAPA DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER OF BOLIVIAN JOURNALIST AND JOINS THE HEMISPHERE’S PRESS IN MOURNING Miami (April 11, 2002) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) demands that the President of Bolivia, Jorge Quiroga, take the necessary steps to ensure that a prompt […]
Presidents of Bolivia and Peru sign Declaration of Chapultepec
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 28 January 2002 IAPA press release: Presidents of Bolivia and Peru sign Declaration of Chapultepec Quiroga and Toledo agreed that all new Presidents should sign and promise to protect press freedom. More than 1,200 youth participated in the forum of the Inter American Press Association Miami (January 28, 2002) […]
National Electoral Court authorised to suspend publications
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Senate Speaker Enrique Toro Tejada, RSF protested the adoption of a law that authorises the National Electoral Court (Corte Nacional Electoral, CNE) to suspend media outlets that do not respect the rules on the circulation of electoral propaganda prior to elections. RSF also expressed its concern over the institution’s […]
IAPA requests that political propaganda law be repealed
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 7 December 2001 IAPA press release: IAPA requests that political propaganda law in Bolivia be repealed Miami (7 December 2001) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) asked the Bolivian Congress to repeal a recently enacted law on political propaganda that restricts press freedom and freedom of expression, as […]
Army members implicated in the death of a television journalist
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga, RSF expressed concern over the death of Juan Carlos Encinas, an investigative journalist for Enlace, a Canal 21 programme. The organisation asked the president to implement all measures necessary to identify and convict the journalist’s killers. “This is the worst violation of press freedom in […]
Radio station target of attempted break-in and threats
(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is a 20 July 2001 AMARC-Bolivia press release: Radio Ondas del Titicaca target of attempted break-in and threats 20 July 2001 — AMARC’s Representatives and Board of Directors in Bolivia regret that, in the midst of a climate of intolerance plaguing the altiplano highlands, the employees of Radio Ondas del Titicaca […]
IAPA protests attempt to impose gag law
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 26 October 2000 IAPA press release: IAPA PROTESTS ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE GAG LAW IN BOLIVIA Miami (26 October 2000) – The Inter American Press Association issued a letter to Vice-President of Bolivia and President of the National Congress Jorge Quiroga in response to a number of attempts to promote […]
IAPA calls on the government to investigate an attack against a journalist
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 21 June 2000 IAPA press release: Miami (21 June 2000) – The Inter American Press Association sent a letter today to Bolivian President Hugo Banzer Suárez, calling on him to investigate the Sunday 18 June attack against journalist Ronald Méndez Alpire, which resulted in an injury to his leg. […]
Media threatened during state of emergency
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 April 2000 CPJ news alert: BOLIVIA: MEDIA THREATENED DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY New York, April 24, 2000 — CPJ is deeply concerned about a series of recent threats against Bolivian media organizations covering corruption and state violence. On April 14, at 9:30 a.m., the La Paz-based daily Presencia […]
RSF asks authorities to put an end to pressure against journalists
In a letter to Minister of the Interior Walter Guiteras, RSF expressed its “serious concern” over the repeated attempts to thwart press freedom that have occurred in the last few weeks. Robert Ménard, the organisationâs secretary-general, requested “emphatically” that the minister “take the necessary measures so that the Bolivian security forces stop putting pressure on […]
TV station and newspaper targets of espionage
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of the Interior Walter Guiteras, RSF “is protesting the espionage that the ATB television station and ‘La Razon’ newspaper have been subjected to,” and asks that the responsible parties be identified and punished. On 11 September 1999, a number of microphones were found in the ATB station and […]
Reporters attacked by police during protest march, protests restricted
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 July 1999, a number of journalists and news photographers were assaulted by the police, despite the fact that they had identified themselves as press workers. The journalists had been covering a protest march organised by the Bolivian Labour Union (Central Obrera Boliviana, COB) in the city of La Paz. The journalists […]
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 […]
Two articles of bill pose threat to press freedom
(RSF/IFEX) – Two articles of a bill aimed at reforming the Code of Criminal Procedure which is currently being debated in the Chamber of Deputies pose a threat to press freedom, says RSF. Article 264 obliges journalists to reveal their sources of information to a judge if the latter considers such information “indispensable” to the […]
Journalist sentenced to prison
On 25 June 1996, Santa Cruz judge Luis Antezana Parra sentenced journalist Ronald Mendez Alpire to two years in jail for falsifying private documents, using a falsified legal document, violating private correspondence, revealing confidential information, defamation, slander and libel (“falsedad material de documentos privados, uso de instrumento falsificado, violacion de la correspondencia, violacion de secretos […]