Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Students assault reporter and cameraman covering protests against mining company in Cajamarca, local residents hold four journalists captive for several hours
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 24 August 2006, Channel 39 reporter Claudia Mostajo and cameraman Jorge Guerrero were assaulted by students of the National University of Cajamarca (UNC), who were protesting against the activities of the Yanacocha mining company in the area of Combayo, Cajamarca region, northern Peru. According to Guerrero, the students beat […]
Television journalist struck by member of presidential guard
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 28 July 2006, Frecuencia Latina television station reporter Armando Ávalos was assaulted by Lieutenant Pedro Baca Moreno, when he was covering the route followed by former president Alejandro Toledo in a street adjacent to the Government Palace, a few minutes before the inauguration of President-elect Alan García. According to images broadcasted by […]
Two unknown men beat radio journalist during broadcast
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 August 2006, journalist Ángel Durán León was assaulted by two armed men while he was broadcasting his radio program. The men burst into the broadcasting booth and hit him on the head with the guns’ butts, leaving him unconscious for a few minutes. According to the journalist, his attackers warned him […]
Radio journalist shot by unidentified individuals
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 23 August 2006, two armed men shot journalist Vinicio Aguilar as he was exercising in a western neighbourhood of Guatemala City. One bullet struck his face and another struck his hand. The journalist is unaware of the motive for the attack but does not dismiss the possibility that it […]
Public prosecutor requests eight years of prison, high civil reparations for journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 August 2006, the Second Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a sanction of eight years in prison against journalist Mauricio Aguirre Corvalán, for allegedly revealing national security secrets to the detriment of the state, through the television programme “Cuarto Poder” in Lima, when he was the programme’s news editor. The request of prosecutor […]
Municipal police open fire on journalists, seize their equipment
(IPYS/IFEX) – In the early hours of 22 August 2006, a Municipal Police squadron opened fire against photographers Jorge Luis Plata of “Reforma” newspaper, Luis Alberto Cruz of “Milenio” newspaper and a “Televisión Azteca” team of reporters, while they covered a police operation to evict the members of the Permanent Assembly of the People of […]
Judge forbids television cameraman to tape public hearing
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 27 July 2006, Arica’s supervisory judge (juez de garantía), Francisco Vargas Vera, forbade Mega TV channel cameraman, Julio Urquhart, to tape the public hearing he was presiding over, in spite of there being other people taping the proceedings who were not journalists. The cameraman recorded the moment in which the judge ordered […]
Radio journalist assaulted in Córdoba
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 July 2006, Álvaro García, host of the radio programme “El Club Paramillo”, was assaulted by two men when he was on his way home in the city of Tierra Alta, Córdoba, northwestern Colombia. García was hit from behind and taken to the outskirts of the city on a motorbike where he […]