Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Radio premises doused with fuel
(IPYS/IFEX) – Early on the morning of 11 October 2005, a group of unknown individuals doused the entrance of Radio Panorama station in the city of Andahuaylas, Apurímac region, southeastern Peru, with a combustible fuel. The liquid spread into the station through a grate. The assailants did not set fire to the building. Later that […]
Shots fired at journalist’s house
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the night of 11 October 2005, Félix Adrianzén Gonzáles, editor of “El Paisa” weekly, was at home preparing the next issue of the publication when two shots were fired through a window hitting his living room wall. As he ran out of the house, the journalist saw a man with a hood […]
News director receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – Enrique Alfonso Camargo Plata, director of four news programmes for Radio Guatapurí, in Valledupar, César department, northern Colombia, received two death threats on 1 and 2 October 2005. The first message came by telephone; the second was sent as a text message to his cellular phone the next day. Camargo does not know […]
Journalists barred from entering stadium
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, a team of journalists from the daily “El Guayanes” was not allowed to carry out its work after it was barred from entering La Ceiba stadium in Guayana City, northeastern Venezuela. The order to bar the team came from Nilson Meza, director of the Bolivar State Sports Institute (IDEBOL). […]
Three journalists face defamation complaint
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, Carlos Eduardo Huertas, of “Semana” magazine, received a letter informing him that Alfonso Hilsaca Eljadue, a public works contractor, had filed a criminal complaint against him for defamation and insult. Details of the legal action, which was submitted to the Cartagena Prosecutor’s Office, appeared on the front page of […]
Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses journalist of inciting violence
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 29 September 2005, Fernando Santos Rojas, a journalist with Radio Futura station, was accused by the Second Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Satipo, a city in central Peru, of inciting violence the previous day. On 28 September, nearly 1,000 citizens attacked the Satipo police station to protest the death of the Marankiari community’s […]
Court overturns acquittal of journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 September 2005, the First Criminal Tribunal of the Lima High Court (Primera Sala Penal para Procesos con Reos Libres) overturned a previous ruling that had acquitted journalist Pedro Salinas Chacaltana of defamation charges. Jorge Mufarech Nemy, a member of Congress for the ruling party, filed a complaint for defamation against the […]
Presidential guard forces reporter to delete photographs
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, members of the presidential guard forced photographer César Palacios of the Carriles Network to delete a number of photographs. Palacios had photographed the security force as they were assaulting a group of President Hugo Chávez’s supporters who had crossed the security perimeter in order to get closer to the […]