Articles by Foro de Periodismo Argentino
Journalist stabbed during street protest
(FOPEA/IFEX) – The Argentine Journalism Forum (Foro de Periodismo Argentino, FOPEA) condemns the assault on journalist Fabricio Glibota on 14 November 2008. The incident took place while Glibota was carrying out his work in the city of Resistencia, the capital of the northern province of Chaco, and is one of the worst attacks against the […]
Journalist threatened, harassed in Chos Malal, allegedly by Neuquén provincial police
(FOPEA /IFEX) – FOPEA expresses its concern about the situation confronting journalist Juan Carlos Parada, who has received at least two strongly-worded threats and been the target of other acts of aggression in the last two months. Parada is a radio programme host and a “Diario Río Negro” newspaper correspondent in the city of Chos […]
San Luis National Radio station subjected to repeated attacks
(FOPEA /IFEX) – On 11 September 2008, FOPEA announced its mounting concern with respect to a series of events that appear to amount to a concerted effort to silence the LRA 29 San Luis National Radio station (LRA 29 Radio Nacional San Luis), located in the province of San Luis, in the central western region […]
Journalist’s home targeted with homemade explosive
(FOPEA /IFEX) – FOPEA strongly condemns the attack with a low intensity explosive on the home of journalist Edgardo Esteban. The attack took place on 11 September 2008 at 3:50 a.m. (local time). Esteban is a member of FOPEA’s board of directors and is also a correspondent in Buenos Aires for the Telesur television chain. […]
Journalist threatened, knocked out by police while covering eviction in Orán
(FOPEA /IFEX) – On 27 May 2008, in the city of Orán, Salta province, in northwestern Argentina, the journalist Samuel Huerga was warned to stop filming, then struck hard on the head while he was covering a confrontation between evicted local residents and police infantry (Infantería). The journalist and two witnesses say the assailant was […]
FOPEA calls for media reform, objects to president’s “curt tone” and “indiscriminate criticisms” of press
(FOPEA /IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 22 April 2008 FOPEA letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner FOPEA, an organisation of 220 journalists from across the country who are interested in the ethics, quality standards and right to freedom of the press, wishes to share […]
President slams cartoon as “quasi-mafioso message”; FOPEA worried by government participation in media observatory
(FOPEA /IFEX) – Amid intense political and social debate over a conflict between the government and elected representatives from the rural sector, the President has re-launched an Observatory on Discrimination in the Media, composed of government bodies and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. The initiative was taken just after […]
Journalist’s murder not work-related, say his lawyer and court; FOPEA urges exhaustive investigation
(FOPEA/IFEX) – Journalist Juan Carlos Zambrano, news chief of Canal 7 television station in San Salvador de Jujuy, capital of Jujuy province in northwest Argentina, was shot dead at close range in the wee hours of 19 March 2008. So far, there is no hard evidence indicating the motives for the killing. Roque Fernando Chauque, […]