Activist placed under house arrest for threatening journalists
(RSF/IFEX) – Pro-government activist Adolfo Cerrudo was placed under house arrest when he finally appeared in court on 23 July 2008 on charges of threatening and attacking journalists. He was originally summoned to appear in court on 17 July, but he did not show up and the judicial authorities were initially unable to locate him. […]
Five government ministers named to supervise state-owned TV channel
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is worried by an announcement on 22 July 2008 that five government ministers have been appointed to head the state-owned National Corporation for Bolivian Television (ENTVB) under an 11 June decree declaring it to be a “strategic enterprise.” ENTVB operates the Canal 7 television station. “This decision has been taken […]
Cameraman assaulted by opponents of national government; army officer, others detained for TV station bombing in Tarija
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 June 2008, Ernesto Rogríguez, a cameraman for Boliviana Television Canal 7, was beaten and harassed by a group of youths who oppose the government of President Evo Morales. The incident took place as the cameraman prepared to cover a visit by the president to the department of Tarija a few days […]
Two media outlets bombed in Tarija and Potosí amid political tensions; reporters assaulted by striking miners
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns the bomb attacks perpetrated against the privately-owned television station Canal 4-Unitel in Yacuiba, Tarija department, southern Bolivia, and against the radio station Radio Kollasuyo in Potosí, in the department of the same name in the country’s southwest. Political and media polarisation that is undermining the country was behind both attacks, which […]
Trial of alleged killers of journalist Carlos Quispe opens, four city councillors among the accused
(RSF/IFEX) – On 18 June 2008, the trial of the alleged killers of Carlos Quispe Quispe, a journalist on Radio Municipal Pucarani opened. The journalist died in Pucarani, in La Paz department, western Bolivia on 29 March after being beaten up by opponents of the mayor. The six defendants, charged with “homicide” and “association to […]
Radical pro-government groups assault reporters in La Paz; journalist threatened in Sucre
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF hopes that no time will be lost in arresting Adolfo Cerrudo, the head of the Popular Civic Committee (Comité Cívico Popular), a radical pro-government group whose activists threatened and physically attacked journalists working for privately-owned TV stations on 4 June 2008 in La Paz. The press freedom organisation also hopes that a […]
Journalists again targets of violence, harassment during autonomy referendum in Beni department
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns the 1 June 2008 attacks on journalists that took place during a referendum on autonomy in the northern department of Beni. At least two media outlets were the targets of threats and harassment by those opposed to the government in La Paz, including the Juvenil Cruceñista Union (Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, UJC), […]
PAT TV, Megavisión, Sittel television stations’ journalists assaulted, Bolivia Unida station attacked during Santa Cruz autonomy referendum
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 4 May 2008, during a referendum vote held on a proposed autonomy statute for Santa Cruz department, several journalists were assualted in the department’s capital, the city of Santa Cruz, and other nearby locations. In the city of Santa Cruz, radio journalist Marítima Maritza Roca was hit in the face by a […]
Report to the Midyear Meeting 2008: Bolivia
Report to the Midyear Meeting 2008: Bolivia
Cuban website founder denied travel permit; Uruguayan journalist threatened; more Bolivian journalists mistreated
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 6 May 2008 IAPA press release: IAPA blasts Cuban government for refusing to let award-winning blogger travel to Spain MIAMI, Florida (May 6, 2008) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said today that the refusal of the Cuban regime to let blogger Yoani Sánchez leave the country “unmasks […]
Three journalists injured, TV station damaged by fire during Santa Cruz autonomy referendum
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is alarmed by the number of attacks on the news media during a referendum held on 4 May 2008 in the eastern department of Santa Cruz on an autonomy proposal for the region. Three journalists were injured while a fire started by protesters damaged the installations of a TV station in the […]
Two filmmakers abducted, abused and threatened by Santa Cruz landowners opposed to national government
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns the abduction and mistreatment of two documentary filmmakers – Tanimbu Estremadoiro and her Argentine colleague Fernando Cola – by residents of Cuevo, in the eastern department of Santa Cruz, on 13 April 2008. The two were abducted and assaulted during a clash between government representatives and local landowners in a region […]
Annual Report 2008: Bolivia
Annual Report 2008: Bolivia
Journalist dies of injuries inflicted during violent attack on radio station in Pucarani
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Killing of Journalist in Mob Violence Against Bolivian Radio Station The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the killing of Carlos Quispe, a journalist working for Radio Municipal in the city of Pucarani, about 40 kilometres west of La Paz, Bolivia, and called […]
Protestors destroy radio station’s broadcasting equipment in anger over coverage of municipal dispute
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 27 March 2008, residents of Pucarani, near La Paz, set fire to the municipal radio station’s equipment and felled its broadcasting aerial, after bursting violently into the institution’s headquarters and hauling the equipment out to the town’s main square. According to the leaders of the action, members of the local “monitoring committees” […]
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Bolivia
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Bolivia