Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Government employees protest newspaper’s editorial line, threaten to destroy printing press
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 July 2006, various members of the ruling Fatherland for Everyone (Patria Para Todos, PPT) party, together with employees of the municipality of Torres, in the western state of Lara, staged a demonstration in front of the offices of the daily newspaper “El Caroreño” to protest the editorial line of the newspaper, […]
Journalist target of failed murder attempt
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 July 2006, journalist José Ursílio, editor-in-chief of the “Diario de Marília” newspaper, was the intended target of an assassination attempt, by a contract killer who confused him with another newspaper employee. The attack took place at the entrance to the newspaper’s headquarters, in Marília, São Paulo district. Contract killer Evandro Quina […]
Radio journalist assaulted by municipal employee in Huaraz
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 July 2006, journalist Francisco Rodríguez Robles, the host and director of the radio programme “Sin Fronteras” broadcast on Radio Studio 97, was assaulted by a municipal employee of Huaraz, a city in northwestern Peru. The incident took place in front of the city’s Departmental Institute of Culture, after the journalist interviewed […]
Court orders release of men convicted of journalist’s murder
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 20 July 2006, the First Transitory Criminal Bench of the Supreme Court (Primera Sala Penal Transitoria de la Corte Suprema de Justicia) ordered the release of Amaro León, Antonio Torre Camones and Pedro Ángeles Figueroa, accused of killing journalist Antonio de La Torre in February 2004. However, the bench, […]
Three journalists assaulted by local mayor’s supporters
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 9 July 2006, journalists Óscar Martínez, Carlos Furman and Marcos Silvan were assaulted while covering a public celebration of Independence Day in Santa Elena, located in Entre Ríos province in northeastern Argentina. The assailants, identified as supporters of the local mayor, Domingo Daniel Rossi, beat the journalists as well as others in […]
“El Progreso” newspaper director receives death threats following stories on local politics
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 July 2006, journalist Horacio Poggi, director of “El Progreso” newspaper, published in Merlo, a district near the capital, Buenos Aires, filed a complaint with Merlo’s Sixth Police Station regarding anonymous death threats he received at the newspaper’s editorial office. The threats were also distributed on the district’s main street. Poggi suspects […]
Small business owners and residents assault journalists in coastal city
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 6 July 2006, various residents and restaurant owners in Champerico, on the Pacific coast, assaulted Francisco Revolorio, correspondent for “Nuestro Diario” and “Prensa Libre”, and Mario Adán Turín, a journalist for Canal 46 television channel. The journalists were working on a report about the destruction of tourist infrastructure on the Pacific coast, […]
Demonstrators assault reporters
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 4 July 2006, reporter Henry Chuchón, of the Canal 25 television channel, and Carlos Rojas from the “Jornada” daily were assaulted by a group of supporters of the nationalist political movement “Partido Nacionalista Peruano”. The attackers took Chuchón’s television camera. The incident took place in the Ayacucho region, to the southeast of […]