Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist sentenced to one year in prison for defamation
(IPYS/IFEX) – On July 15 2005, Mabel Cáceres Calderón, editor of “El Búho” weekly in the region of Arequipa, was sentenced to a year in prison after being accused of defamation by Miguel Sierra Lopez, attorney to Rolando Cornejo Cuervo, chancellor of the University of San Agustin (UNSA). The sentence is to be reviewed by […]
Journalist pressured to reveal source
(IPYS/IFEX) – Richard Enciso Sánchez, a journalist working for Radio Ancash in the northern department of Ancash, has received three anonymous threatening phone calls since 17 September 2005, demanding that he reveal the name of a policeman he interviewed on 16 September. During the interview, broadcast on the “La Hora Siete” news programme, Enciso asked […]
Photojournalist’s car damaged by vandals
(IPYS/IFEX) – Early in the morning on 5 September 2005, vandals damaged photojournalist Leandro Nunes’s car, breaking the windows and leaving a note that said “I’ve got you”. Nunes works for “Jornal de Rondônia” newspaper. His car had been parked inside the garage at his home, in the city of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia state. According to […]
Journalist threatened in Loreto region
(IPYS/IFEX) – During the night of 8 September 2005, Rodolfo Lobo Tello, director of Radio Feroz station in Contamana, was threatened while at home by an unknown individual who accused him of having broadcast damaging information about him. Contamana is the capital of Ucayali province, in Loreto region, eastern Peru. Lobo told IPYS that the […]
Journalist receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 September 2005, Julia Saldaña Eguren, a journalist with the “La República” group of newspapers, reported having received several death threats since August. The anonymous warnings are sent as text messages to her father’s mobile phone. The journalist is based in the city of Iquitos, Loreto region, eastern Peru. Saldaña told IPYS […]
CAPSULE REPORT: Joint mission highlights dangers for journalists working in Valle del Cauca
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 6 September 2005 joint capsule report by RSF, FLIP, IPYS, IFJ and CPJ: Fear kills off the news in the Valle del Cauca Reporters Without Borders and four other press freedom groups went on a joint fact-finding commission to investigate two years of attacks on press freedom in the […]
Journalist assaulted by government officials
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 5 September 2005, Radio Huancavelica reporter Fidel Ilario Huamaní was assaulted by three individuals as he was walking home in Huancavelica, central Peru. Ilario identified two of the assailants as Daniel Huaro and Edgar Chávez, employees of the Huancavelica Regional Health Department (Dirección Regional de Salud, DIRESA). The assailants […]
Judge prohibits newspaper from reporting on trial
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 September 2005, Judge José Alonso Beltrame Júnior, of the Tenth Santos Civil Court, in Sao Paulo state, issued an order prohibiting “A Tribuna” newspaper from reporting on a court case involving the misappropriation of public funds. The local paper faces a fine of 50,000 reais (approx. US$21,000) each time it defies […]