Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Santa Cruz police officers assault photojournalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 June 2006, Nicolás Revello, a photojournalist for the daily “Tiempo Sur” in the city of Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, was assaulted by members of the police’s riot squad while he was taking pictures of a group of young people throwing stones at the premises of the British Club, after Argentina’s […]
Journalist receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – For the last two months, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, moderator of RCTV television station’s programme “La Entrevista”, has been the victim of constant acts of intimidation, among them anonymous death threats against him and his family, which he received through phone calls and e-mail. Rodríguez pointed out to IPYS that he has been followed […]
Newspaper editor accuses journalist of defamation
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2006, Luis García Miró Elguera, editor of the daily newspaper “Expreso”, accused journalist Raúl Wiener Fresco of defamation, claiming that the journalist falsely accused him of insider trading in order to benefit from the process of awarding concession rights for Pisco’s airport, in southwestern Peru. Wiener should have appeared at […]
Protesting university students assault photojournalist, force another reporter to erase his photographs
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 June 2006, “La Nueva Prensa de Oriente” photojournalist Roberto Almeida was assaulted by university students belonging to the Black Hand Student Movement (Movimiento Estudiantil Mano Negra, MEMN). The event took place at the Oriente University in Anzoategui, northeastern Venezuela, while Almeida was covering the temporary seizure of eight public transport buses […]
IPYS condemns threats against various journalists’ organisations
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 June 2006, the Foundation for Press Freedom (Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa), the Medios Para la Paz media group, the Prensa Rural news agency, “Actualidad Étnica” and the weekly “Voz”, as well as 16 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), were declared “military targets” in an e-mail sent to these institutions by an […]
Radio journalist threatened and assaulted
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 June 2006, unidentified individuals fired three shots at the house of radio journalist Carlos Furman, host of the programme “Destapando la olla” (“Taking the lid off the pot”) broadcast on the”2 de Octubre” radio station. Furman was not at home at the time of the attack. The incident took place in […]
Journalist assaulted by civil servant
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 9 June 2006, journalist Eliot Coc Aguilar, editor of Radio Calor’s news programme “Contacto Directo”, was assaulted by Juan Valdez Inga, an administrative employee of the Local Education Management Unit (Unidad de Gestión Educativa Local, UGEL-Casma). The attack took place in Casma, Ancash region, northwestern Peru, when the journalist […]
Journalists assaulted by sports club manager
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 31 May 2006, Robin Ipanaque Hidalgo and Walter Maldonado Maguiña, journalists for Radio Melodía in Huaraz, northeastern Peru, were physically assaulted by Isaías Terry Valverde, manager of Sport Ancash professional football club. The journalists were giving their views about the team’s performance from a transmission cabin of the Rosas […]