Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Superior court declares “revealing state secrets” charge against journalist to be groundless
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 October 2006, Lima’s Second Tribunal declared the charge against journalist Mauricio Aguirre Corvalán, for the crime of revealing national security secrets to the detriment of the state, to be groundless. The tribunal ruled that no crime was committed and accepted the arguments presented by the defence. Aguirre was accused by the […]
Cameraman assaulted, news team’s equipment damaged, videotape seized, during political march
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 September 2006, a team of reporters working for news channel Globovisión was assaulted, allegedly by supporters of President Hugo Chávez, during the march of presidential candidate for the opposition, Manuel Rosales, in the state of Trujillo, eastern Venezuela. According to reporter Delvalle Canelón, she and her colleagues were covering Rosales’s campaign […]
Radio station forced off air for two days by regional employees’ attack and equipment theft
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 September 2006, the premises of radio station “La Maripeña” were attacked by the head of security of the region of Sucre, state of Bolivar, in southern Venezuela, and by one of the mayor’s bodyguards. The assailants broke through the station’s protective fence and threw stones against the building’s facade. The two […]
Radio journalists from indigenous community jailed for eight days
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 September 2006, journalists Griseldino Yafue Guetoto and Rubiel Lis Velasco, of Radio Uxwall Nasa Yugue Stéreo radio station, were released from Lara Bonilla penitentiary, in the city of Santander de Quilichao, southwestern Colombia. The journalists had been detained by orders of the locality’s First Sectional Prosecutor’s Office, accused of rebellion and, […]
“Medios Para la Paz” journalists declared “military targets” for third time
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 September 2006, the journalists’ group “Medios Para la Paz” (“Media for Peace”) and 28 NGOs received an e-mail in which they were informed that as of 22 September they would be considered “military targets by the Corporación Democrática Colombia Libre (Democratic Corporation Free Colombia) because of the work they do to […]
Explosives detonated near home of journalist following death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the early hours of 30 September 2006, a load of dynamite exploded in a house near that belonging to journalist Elías Navarro Palomino, a correspondent for the daily newspaper “La República”. It seems that the assailants left the explosives in the nearby house by mistake. A note left at the site of […]
Journalist’s contract not renewed for having referred to her own professional conduct; colleague threatened for defending her
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 September 2006, journalist Karina Borrero was in effect fired from TV Perú, the state-owned television station, after she declared publicly that she would no longer work for it if it started flattering the government. Afterwards, María del Pilar Tello, president of Peru’s Radio and Television Institute (IRTP), which administrates the channel, […]
Journalist’s murderers convicted, sentenced to long prison terms
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 September 2006, the El Progreso Sentencing Court (Tribunal de Sentencia) convicted Marco Antonio Boche Galicia and José David Morales Franco of the 28 September 2004 murder of journalist Miguel Morales Quiñónez, and sentenced them to 20 and 14 years in prison, respectively. Case prosecutor Mario Castañeda said that the Attorney General’s […]