Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Suspected murderer of journalist Eduardo Maas captured
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 12 September 2006, police arrested Byron Orlando Velásquez Jacinto, a suspect in the 10 September murder of radio journalist Eduardo Maas, which occurred in the town of Cobán, north of Guatemala City. According to the prosecutor’s office, the suspect’s appearance matches a witness’s description. According to police, the suspect went to a […]
Members of activist social organisation assault and threaten news agency director
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 24 September 2006, members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca, APPO) threatened Ricardo Rocha, journalist and director of the news agency Detrás de la Noticia (DDN), and stripped him of his work equipment. The incident took place when Rocha was […]
Legislative representative’s adviser assaults journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 September 2006, “Bom Dia” newspaper reporter Karla Konda was assaulted by Mauricio Gouveia, campaign adviser of state legislative representative Campos Machado, when she was covering an electoral party which was allegedly organized to gather votes. Such meetings are forbidden by the law. The event took place in the town of Catanduva […]
Members of activist group threaten journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – In the early morning of 19 September 2006, various journalists were threatened by members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca, APPO) when the journalists passed near an APPO barricade around the radio station Grupo Oro, which has been occupied by APPO since 21 August. […]
Journalist assaulted at opposition march
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2006, “El Nacional” newspaper journalist Paulimar Rodríguez was assaulted by women presumed to be followers of President Hugo Chávez when she was covering a march by opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales in the Antímano area of Caracas. The police prevented the incident from escalating. According to Rodríguez, the assailants reacted […]
Journalist and family receiving threatening calls and messages, journalist accused of extortion
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 September 2006, journalist Raúl Vento García informed IPYS that he and his family have been receiving threatening telephone calls and e-mail messages since the beginning of September, warning him that they would be assaulted, without explaining the motives. In August 2000, legal proceedings were initiated against Vento García for alleged extortion. […]
Murder suspect’s friends and relatives threaten to kill journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 19 September 2006, a murder suspect’s friends and relatives threatened to kill three journalists for revealing the suspect’s name. The murder had taken place in the city of Pacasmayo, La Libertad region, in Peru’s northwest. Relatives and friends of the man charged, Juan Vásquez Jaimes, went to various media […]
Mayoralty candidate’s son assaults radio journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the night of 17 September 2006, radio station La Caribeña journalist Hemeter Gerónimo Córdova was assaulted by Hubert Martínez Espítiritu, whose father is running for mayor of the city of Piscobamba, Ancash region, in the country’s northeast. According to station director Otilio Ríos, the beating was carried out on one of the […]