Uruguay

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns death threats sent by e-mail the first week of October 2006 to freelance journalist Alfonso Lessa by a person calling himself a “soldier in active service” who took issue with what Lessa has said about the army. Lessa writes for the Montevideo-based daily “El País” and also works with Canal 12 […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Uruguayan high court reinstates criminal libel verdict In blow to press freedom, court sets course at odds with region New York, September 26, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that the Uruguayan Supreme Court of Justice has reinstated the criminal defamation conviction of […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 September 2006, a group of journalists was assaulted by unidentified persons when they attempted to approach General Gregorio Álvarez, de facto president of Uruguay in the seventies and eighties during the military dictatorship. The incident took place following a ceremony honouring a retired army colonel, in the premises of the Military […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: IAPA concerned at jailing of newsman in Uruguay MIAMI, Florida (May 23, 2006) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today described as “a serious attack on press freedom” the sentencing of Uruguayan journalist Gustavo Escanlar Patrone to three months in prison on a libel charge. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Important and confidential military documents were stolen from investigative journalist Eduardo Preve, of the TV news station Canal 10, in Montevideo on 26 March 2006, three days after he had received them from a source. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Uruguayan government to pledge to shed light on the suspicious theft. […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – In the early morning of 26 March 2006, Canal 10 television channel journalist Eduardo Preve was robbed of several documents related to his ongoing investigation of the murder of chemist Eugenio Berríos, which took place in 1993. People linked to the dictatorial governments which ruled in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay during the 1980s […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the abduction of radio and TV presenter Marcelo Borrat on 17 October 2005 in Montevideo by hooded assailants who threatened and beat him before letting him go. “This kidnapping is all the more serious as press freedom violations are rare in Uruguay,” the organisation said. “Nonetheless, we are […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 19 October 2005 IAPA press release: IAPA condemns attack on journalist in Uruguay Miami (19 October 2005) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemns the attack on journalist Marcelo Borrat, and urges Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez to ensure that the incident is investigated and […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 May 2005, Marcelo Borrat and Gustavo Martínez received death threats. The journalists co-host “The Hippocrates Oath”, a programme that broadcasts on AM Libre 1410 radio station and TV Libre. While preparing their programme on 24 May, Borrat and Martínez received an e-mail message threatening them with death. “The warnings are over. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned for the safety of Pablo Fernández, a contributor to Radio 41 and the daily “Primera Hora”. On 18 March 2005, the journalist received death threats in San José, southern Uruguay. “Fernández has been the target of steady intimidation over the past two years, on account of his investigations of corruption […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 10 February 2005 IAPA press release: IAPA expresses concern at wave of violence in several countries MIAMI, Florida (February 10, 2005) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at a recent wave of violence directed at news media and individual journalists that is creating setbacks for […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 23 December 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA concerned about censorship following prison sentence against Uruguayan journalist Miami (December 23, 2004) – Following the sentencing of an Uruguayan journalist to prison on December 14, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) reiterated its concern about court rulings that leave a question […]

(PFC/IFEX) – On 29 September 2003, during the “TV Libre” television programme, journalist Julio Toyos announced that he had received death threats because of an investigation he was conducting into alleged police links to a mafia ring in the city of Paysandú. Toyos said that after he and his news team decided to talk to […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 10 March 2003 IAPA press release: IAPA calls sentencing of journalist a setback for freedom of the press in Uruguay Miami (March 10, 2003) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its alarm and concern over the sentencing of a Uruguayan journalist to seven months in jail for […]

(PFC/IFEX) – Journalists Carlos Peláez and Monica Robaina are being harassed by Maldonado government officials belonging to the National Party (Partido Nacional). The journalists host the “Cable to Earth” (“Cable a tierra”) programme, broadcast on Láser FM radio station, in Maldonado department. Mayor Guillermo Ipharraguerre, legislature member Ambrosio Rodríguez and businessmen Francisco Giménez and Aram […]

(PFC/IFEX) – On 20 December 2002, Montevideo Municipal Mayor Mariano Arana condemned the weekly “Brecha” for publishing an article on that day about the questionable conduct of his private secretary, Mario Arean. Arana characterised the information published in “Brecha” as “shoddy journalism, based on libel, misinformation and the most reprehensible lies.” In the article, entitled […]