Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
IPYS report on the state of freedom of expression and information in 2005
(IPYS/IFEX) – The following is an excerpt from a 5 May 2006 IPYS press release: The State of Freedom of Expression and Information: 2005 Report In 2005, IPYS documented 121 freedom of expression violations, affecting 164 victims. Although the number of incidents diminished by 14.18% compared to 2004, the number of individuals effected increased by […]
Journalist receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – Javier Poma Sotelo, editor and host of the regional news program ATV Noticias and the program “Impacto” for channel ATV in Huaraz, northwestern Peru, has received several death threats since the early hours of 2 May 2006, via text messages to his cell phone. The threats started after Poma named César Kochi as […]
Judge orders journalist and magazine to pay compensation for moral damage to first lady
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 May 2006, Federal District 12th civil judge Carlos Miguel Jiménez ordered journalist Olga Wornat and the weekly “Proceso” to pay 1,958,000 Mexican pesos (approx. US$180,000) as reparation to the Mexican president’s wife, Martha Sahagún. The judge decided that Wornat and “Proceso” are guilty of publishing, on 27 February 2005, details about […]
Photographers assaulted during workers’ march
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 May 2006, Associated Press photographer Santiago Llanquín and Danny Alveal, a photographer for the newspaper “Las Últimas Noticias”, were wounded by persons while they were covering a march organized by the workers’ union Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) to commemorate May Day in Santiago de Chile. According to witnesses, the aggression […]
Football players and discotheque owner assault journalists, seize camera
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 May 2006, Javier Poma Sotelo and Luis Medina Villacorta, editor and producer of the regional TV news program “ATV Noticias”, and Nilton Rodríguez Soto, editor of the Red Global program “Contacto Semanal”, and his assistant, César Giraldo, were assaulted by the owner of a discotheque and a group of professional football […]
Minister takes legal action against journalist for defamation and slander
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 May 2006, the trial against journalist Julio Balza, columnist for the daily “El Nuevo País”, will begin. Balza has been accused of defamation and slander by Infrastructure Minister Ramón Carrizales. According to the minister, Balza infringed upon his “right to live with honor” and damaged his reputation when he published, in […]
Supporters of presidential candidate assault journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 April 2006, a group of supporters of Ollanat Humala Tasso, presidential candidate for the political association Unión por el Perú (UPP), assaulted the journalists who were covering the taping of a publicity video in the country club Portada del Sol in Chosica, a district of Lima. When he noticed the presence […]
Former official files defamation complaint against journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 April 2006, “Últimas Noticias” journalist Jorge Chávez was notified of a legal action filed against him by the former official of the Metropolitan Police Foundation Director’s Office, Óscar Arapé, for defamation and slander. The complaint was filed at the 11th Control Court, headed by Judge Juan Carlos Villegas. Chávez explained to […]