Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Court upholds sentence of journalist’s murderers, doubles amount of damages awarded to family
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 August 2006, the First Transitory Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court of Perú upheld the 30-year prison sentence imposed by the Superior Court of Ucayali on Erwin Pérez Pinedo and Ángel Mendoza Casanova, for the first degree murder of journalist Alberto Rivera. The Supreme Court also raised the amount of civil […]
Judge forbids newspaper to report on medicine trafficking case while investigation in progress
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 4 August 2006, Judge Paulo Sérgio Romero Vicente Rodrigues, of the Fourth Civil Tribunal of the city of São José do Rio Preto, forbade the newspaper “Bom Dia” to report on a case of international medicine trafficking uncovered in the city, basing his decision on the confidentiality of the […]
Newspaper, “Media for Peace” organisation threatened by paramilitary group
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 4 August 2006, the weekly newspaper “Voz”, the Medios Para la Paz (Media for Peace) media group and 37 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were declared “military targets” by a paramilitary group known as “Autodefensas Colombia Libre Mesa Nacional Unificada de Mando Bloques Sur, Caribe, Llanos, Centro, Capital, Oriente, Nueva Generación, […]
Director of television programme repeatedly threatened, harassed
(IPYS/IFEX) – Since 15 July 2006, journalist Ronald Márquez Rosales, the director of the news programme “Casma al Día” on the television station Sideral TV Canal 7, has been the victim of repeated threats and harassment. The first incident occurred when a resident from the area around Casma, a city in northwestern Peru, warned the […]
Journalists threatened with death
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 July 2006, journalists José Flores Burgos and Alberto Pintado Villaverde, both of the radio station Radio La Voz de Bagua Grande, filed a complaint with local authorities about having been threatened with death by Pedro Granados Ramírez. Days before, they had accused Granados of practicing medicine in the city of Utcubamba, […]
Radio journalist attacked and threatened
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 July 2006, journalist Juan Silva Litano, of the programme “Contacto Informativo” on the Paita-based radio station Turbo Mix Paita, was beaten unconscious by an unidentified individual who struck him repeatedly on the head with a glass bottle. The incident occurred on a street in Paita, in the province of Piura, in […]
Union members storm, vandalise newspaper office, beat journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 August 2006, approximately 500 members of the Federation of Workers of Barinas and of the Construction Union stormed the office of the newspaper “Diario de Los Llanos”, of the southwestern state of Barinas. Members of the crowd beat journalist Paul Trasolini and a security guard, destroyed part of the office’s reception […]
State intelligence agent assaults journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 July 2006, journalists Dagoberto Parra and Judith Valderrama, as well as photographer Carlos Galviz, all of the daily newspaper “Diario Los Andes”, were harassed by agents of the Intelligence and Prevention Services Department (Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención, DISIP), as they attempted to cover security operations being conducted […]