Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist murdered in Sucre
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 October 2006, journalist Pedro Bastardo was killed by several shots to the head. The murderer got out of a car and fired upon the journalist while he was in a shop in the city of Cumaná, in the state of Sucre, in northeastern Venezuela. According to witnesses, the murderer argued with […]
State television channel reporter and camera operator threatened, their vehicle attacked during protest
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 October 2006, state television channel “Venezolana de Televisión” journalist Álvaro Cañizales and his cameraman, César Zambrano, were threatened by a group of food processing company Albeca C.A. employees while the television team was covering the latter’s protest march. This took place in the state of Carabobo, in north central Venezuela. The […]
Television station accused of defamation; regional electoral tribunal orders its signal to be interrupted for 24 hours
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 September 2006, the Regional Electoral Tribunal of Amazonas ordered the signal of TV A Crítica television station to be cancelled for 24 hours. The Court accepted the request of political alliance “Por el bien de Amazonas” (“For the Good of Amazonas”) to take the television station off the air because it […]
Communications ministry proposes monitoring of radio programme content
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 4 October 2006, the communications minister, María del Rosario Guerra, stated during an interview that, as part of the project to reform the National Television Commission, the possibility of setting up a body that would monitor the content of the programmes on the country’s private and community-based radio stations […]
Critical radio journalist accused of attempted murder and committing an offence against public peace
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 27 September 2006, Adrián Aguilar Reyes, director of radio station Radio Sideral’s news programme “El Mirador”, was summoned by the police to give his testimony after a complaint was filed against him for alleged offences against public peace, conspiracy to commit a crime and attempted murder. The complaint was filed by lawyer […]
In Oaxaca, arson at Radio La Consentida, death threats against its journalist; APPO ends occupation of Radio Oro station
(IPYS/IFEX) – Early on the morning of 4 October 2006, unidentified persons stormed into the headquarters of Radio La Consentida and set fire to the transmission booths. They wrote death threats against journalist Romualdo Santiago on the walls. The attackers signed the threats with the initials of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca […]
Unidentified individuals shoot at state-owned radio station vehicle travelling on a Caracas avenue
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 September 2006, a car belonging to the state-owned radio station Radio Nacional de Venezuela (RNV) was fired on by three individuals driving a van and a motorbike, as it cruised along a Caracas avenue. The two passengers of the radio station vehicle, both of them administrative employees, were not injured. The […]
Television station refusing to cover journalist’s court costs; IPYS urges it “to defend its reporters”
(IPYS/IFEX) – The following is a 3 October 2006 IPYS press release: PERÚ: IPYS DEMANDS THAT TV CHANNEL SHOULD LEGALLY DEFEND ITS JOURNALISTS Instituto Prensa y Sociedad has demanded that Peruvian TV station América TV should legally defend its reporters vis-à-vis the lawsuit faced by Mauricio Aguirre, former director of that station’s journalistic program Cuarto […]