Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist faces defamation charges
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 March 2006, the 45th Tribunal, presided by Judge Marilda Ruiz, allowed a slander case to go ahead against “El Nacional” journalist and columnist Marianella Salazar. Salazar is accused of slander for having stated, when summoned by the Prosecutor’s Office, that there should be an investigation into Vice-President José Vicente Rangel for […]
Governor accuses regional newspaper of “media-based terrorism”, threatens investigation
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 6 March 2006 the regional newspaper “Correo del Caroní” was accused of practicing “media-based terrorism” by the Bolívar State Governor Francisco Rangel Gómez, after the paper published an account of the death of 19 people during the carnival festivities in the region, news of a community’s protests regarding work done by the […]
State of emergency declared in three provinces; military detains journalists, media workers, seizes their recordings and photos
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 March 2006, the head of the Army’s IV Division, General Gonzalo Meza, ordered the detention of all journalists, camera operators and photographers who were covering an assembly of government officials and citizens of the province of Orellana, in eastern Ecuador. The order was issued under the state of emergency decreed in […]
Police harass, threaten photographer
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2006, National Civil Police (Policía Nacional Civil) officers and a private security guard harassed Guatemala City newspaper “Siglo XXI” photographer Axel Bonilla, while he was taking pictures of the progress in the construction of parking lots for the city’s international airport. When they saw he was taking photographs of the […]
Mayor and municipal workers assault journalists in Huarí province, Ancash region
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 8 March 2006, journalists Manuel Caballero Vidal, host and reporter for channel 13 program “Primera Edición”, Elmer Maguiña Cosme, reporter for the newspaper “Prensa Regional”, and Alex Mautino Vidaurre, reporter for Radio Melodía, were attacked by Justino Montes Colca, the mayor of the district of Chavín de Huantar, when they asked him […]
Journalist stabbed by unknown attackers
(IPYS/IFEX) – At midday (local time) on 10 March 2006, three unidentified men attacked and stabbed journalist John Collantes Huamán as he arrived to the premises of Radio Horizonte, his workplace, in Cusco, southern Peru. The attackers waited for the arrival of the journalist and assaulted him for no apparent reason. They only desisted when […]
Journalists, newspaper threatened with violence over report on corruption
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2006, the editor of the daily “Expresión”, María Maguiña Calderón, and Luis Arias Lazarte, head of the investigations unit, received telephone threats due to a report published in February about irregular collections for burial benefits and incentives which benefited several union officials in the city of Huaraz, Ancash region, northwestern […]
Businessman implicated in drug trafficking case threatens journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2006, businessman Jorge Castillo Segura, who is implicated in a drug trafficking case, threatened journalist Marco Villanueva Escobar, a reporter for the newspaper “Diario de Chimbote”, by making a beheading gesture with his hand. The incident occurred (after Castillo made a statement to the police in Chimbote, northwestern Peru, following […]