Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Students accost photographer during protest
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 November 2006, photographer Jorge Reyes of the newspaper “El Carabobeño” was accosted by a group of students of Pedro Gual secondary school when he was taking photographs of their protest. The students surrounded him with the intention of snatching his camera, but he was able to escape thanks to the intervention […]
Security personnel interfere with Globovisión television station’s access to ceremony with president
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 October 2006, Casa Militar – the unit responsible for the president’s security as well as security at the presidential palace and surrounding area – and Metropolitan Police security personnel attempted to stop Globovisión television channel from covering an official ceremony involving President Hugo Chávez in a parish church west of Caracas. […]
Political group militants assault journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 October 2006, activists of the political group “Fuerza Loretana” assaulted journalist Raúl Celis López, producer and host of the television programme “Hora Zero”, after he criticized the group’s candidate to the regional government, Iván Vásquez Valera. The event took place in Loreto, a region in northeastern Peru. According to Celis, he […]
Soldiers assault photojournalists in army barracks
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 October 2003, nearly 20 soldiers of the Army Police in Campo Grande, western Brazil, assaulted photojournalists Adriano Hany, who works for the webpage Campo Grande News, and João Carlos Castro, of the newspaper “Folha do Povo”. The photojournalists were investigating the death of a soldier in the barracks. After having been […]
Increased government control over NGO funding threatens freedom of expression, says IPYS
(IPYS/IFEX) – The following is a 30 October 2006 IPYS press release: IPYS condemns governmental control of funds for defence of freedom of expression Following the Congress’s 26 October 2006 approval, on first reading, of proposed amendments to Law 27692 governing international cooperation, IPYS, as a non-governmental organization (NGO) subject to that norm, condemns this […]
Journalist in Baja California followed after publishing articles on corruption and drug trafficking
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the morning of 25 October 2006, journalist Antonio Heraz, editor of the magazine “Lindero Norte” and correspondent for the daily newspaper “La Jornada”, was followed for several minutes by a van with tinted windows. This took place when Heraz was driving to his children’s school in the city of Mexicali, Baja California. […]
Police officer insults journalist, temporarily seizes his audio recorder
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 October 2006, Radio Laser radio station journalist Jaime Angulo filed a complaint about having been mistreated by several policemen at the headquarters of the Police Division in Pacasmayo, a town in northwestern Peru. According to Angulo, he went to interview the station’s head officer, Commander Marco Pérez Sosaya, but upon arriving […]
Soldiers assault photojournalists in army barracks
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 October 2003, nearly 20 soldiers of the Army Police in Campo Grande, western Brazil, assaulted photojournalists Adriano Hany, who works for the webpage Campo Grande News, and João Carlos Castro, of the newspaper “Folha do Povo”. The photojournalists were investigating the death of a soldier in the barracks. After having been […]