Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Police officer detains graphic reporter and deletes photographs
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 August 2006, César David Bracamonte, a photographer for the daily “El Siglo”, was detained by an Aragua State police officer when he was covering a raid in the city of Maracay, central Venezuela. The policeman snatched his camera and deleted the photographs. Even after he identified himself, the reporter was taken […]
Judge orders magazine copies to be seized, photos to be removed from website
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the second week of August 2006, all unsold copies of the ninth edition of the Social Observatory’s magazine, “Revista del Observatorio Social”, were seized. The order was issued by Ouro Preto’s ordinary court in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, because of a report with the title “The Stone Age”, published […]
Television station crew denied access to military hearing, briefly stopped while exiting base
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 August 2006, a Globovisión television station cameraman and his assistant were detained by members of the Military Police at Checkpoint 1 of the military facilities at Fuerte Tiuna, in Caracas, as they were leaving the premises in one of the station’s cars, after being denied access to a hearing in the […]
Unidentified men assault radio journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 29 August 2006, journalist Orlando Calderón Flores was assaulted by four men when he was on his way home. The event took place in the town of Sicuani, Cusco, in southeastern Peru. Calderón does not know why he was attacked, but he doesn’t rule out that it may be […]
Regional newspaper photo-journalist assaulted by police
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 August 2006, Adrián Salazar, a photo-journalist for “Nueva Prensa del Oriente” daily newspaper, was beaten and insulted by two policemen of the municipality of Simón Rodríguez, in the state of Anzoátegui, eastern Venezuela. Salazar does not know why he was attacked, although he does not rule out that it may be […]
Journalists threatened, in danger of assault by protestors in Santa Marta
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 23 August 2006, the Magdalena department police anti-riot squad prevented a group of protesters from assaulting Radio Magdalena radio station journalists Odín Vitola and Edwin Robles and “Hoy Diario del Magdalena” photographer Alvis Montiner. The reporters were covering the march being carried out by students, teachers and employees of […]
Journalist shot to death in Anzoátegui
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 23 August 2006, journalist Jesús Flores Rojas received eight shots to the head when he was at home, putting his car away, in the Los Rosales neighbourhood of the town of El Tigre, located in the state of Anzoátegui, eastern Venezuela. Flores was waiting for the garage door to […]
Journalist received death threats prior to car bombing in Mérida
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 22 August 2006, an unidentified man on a motorbike threw a Molotov cocktail against the car of “Por Esto” reporter Jaime Vargas Chablé in the city of Mérida, state of Yucatán, southern Mexico. The attack took place minutes after the journalist’s wife, accompanied by their young daughter, parked the […]