Peru

(IPYS/IFEX) According to IPYS, Olga Lena Campos Chavez, 34 years old, was sentenced to ten years in jail for the assassination of Miguel Bravo Quispe, the mayor of the district of Yanacancha. Quispe was a correspondent for the daily paper “El Comercio” and for Radio Programas del Peru, in addition to being president of the […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 March 1998, the Second Criminal Court of Lima (SJPL) rejected the accusations presented by public prosecutor Alejandro Espino Mendez against journalist Jose Arrieta Mattos, former head of the Investigative Reporting Unit at Frecuencia Latina. Arrieta was to have been prosecuted for obstruction of justice and general contempt. Meanwhile, criminal prosecutor Nerida […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – According to IPYS, the Constitutional Commission of Congress has not yet managed to gather the necessary quorum to debate the bill brought by the President of Congress, Carlos Torres y Torres Lara, which would guarantee journalists the right to freely exercise their profession without being licensed. On 2 March 1998, however, another member […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – According to 3 March 1998 report by IPYS, the District Office for the Supervision of Magistrates (ODICMA) in Cuzco has ordered disciplinary proceedings opened to investigate certain judges of the Mixed Court in Madre de Dios. Earlier this year, the judges in question, Fausto Cornejo Alvarez, Marina Tagle de Revatta and Jorge del […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – IPYS reports that, on 3 March 1998, Public Prosecutor Alejandro Espino Mendez made a request for the initiation of legal proceedings against journalist Jose Arrieta, accused of obstructing justice and of general contempt. **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 December 1997, 7 January 1998 and 12 February 1998** The charges are based on the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ expresses its support for the legislation introduced on 24 February by Carlos Torres y Torres Lara, President of the Congress. The legislation affirms the right of any person in Peru to practice journalism without a license. It is CPJ’s view that restricting the exercise of journalism to those who have a license […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – In a 13 February 1998 press release, IPYS reports that journalist Ruben Zurita Vilela was released from prison on 16 January 1998, under a conditional release. Zurita, a broadcaster with Radio Sinfonia of Puerto Maldondado, was sentenced on 21 October 1997 to one year in prison for “illegal practice of journalism” and for […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ reports the possible arrest and detention of investigative journalist Jose Arrieta Matos should he return to Peru. CPJ invited Arrieta to its offices in New York on 8 January 1998, after being informed that he faced imminent arrest in Peru. **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 December 1997 and 7 January 1998 – […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – The Special Court on Terrorism has acquitted one civilian and three former soldiers accused of being the intellectual and material authors of the 17 October 1996 bomb attack against the Puna local affiliate of Global Television and Radio Samoa. (See IFEX alert) The majority decision acquits former military officers Angel Luis Sauni Pomaya, […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – The Institute for Press and Society reports having received information from reliable sources that journalist Jose Arrieta Matos, former chief of the Investigative Unit at TV station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2, will be detained soon as a result of a police investigation which has been opened after the broadcasting of testimony from a former […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – Some of the evidence for the phone tapping committed against businessmen, politicians and journalists has reportedly disappeared. On 10 November 1997, the journalists investigating the case claimed that the evidence had been left at Frecuencia Latina/Canal 2 before the station’s minority shareholders, the brothers Samuel and Mendel Winter, took over control of the […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 November 1997, a security agent at a pharmacy in San Isidro physically assaulted reporters from the program “En Persona” which is hosted by journalist Cesar Hildebrandt. Reporter Beatriz Llanos Cabanillas and cameraman Sergio Vergaray were attacked in the course of their work on an investigative report on the alleged trafficking of […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Roxana Cueva, who worked at Frecuencia Latina/Channel 2 until its new administration took over, has been called to appear before the Congressional Commission on Defence, Internal Order and Intelligence on 10 November 1997. The Commission is presided over by Martha Chavez Cossio, Congresswoman for the governing party, Cambio 90 – Nueva Mayoria […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 31 October 1997, journalist Cesar Hildebrant reported on the theft of computer hard drives from the MCC Computer company that allow “En Persona”, the opposition investigative television program directed by Hildebrant, to be seen and heard around the world via the Internet. Police investigating the case concurred with the head of the […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 31 October 1997, journalist Cesar Hildebrant reported on the theft of computer hard drives from the MCC Computer company that allow “En Persona”, the opposition investigative television program directed by Hildebrant, to be seen and heard around the world via the Internet. Police investigating the case concurred with the head of the […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – The prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General in the department of San Martin, Antonio Ruiz Sanchez, has arranged for the continued investigation of the murder of journalist Tito Pilco Mori, whose case was closed (archivado) before a thorough investigation had been made. Ruiz made the decision after the daily “La Republica” […]