Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Trial of journalist accused of “revealing state secrets” due to begin
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 April 2005, Judge María Gutarra Morote, of the Thirteenth Criminal Tribunal of Lima, presided over the pre-trial hearings on charges against journalist Mauricio Aguirre Corvalán, who is accused of “acting against the state by revealing state secrets”. Aguirre was instructed to appear before the tribunal on 2 June. The accusation stems […]
Three radio journalists threatened
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 and 27 May 2005, reporters Mario Espinoza Ruiz, Ronald Ripa Casafranca and Nilo Gonzáles Domínguez, of Radio Panorama station, were the target of a number of intimidating acts. Threatening telephone calls were received at the station, the journalists were followed by strangers in a car and flyers denigrating the reporters were […]
Two television journalists detained for seven hours
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 May 2005, journalists Jerónimo Centurión and Paola Bazán, of the Lima-based television programme “La Ventana Indiscreta”, were taken into custody by police as they were leaving one of the Congress buildings, and taken to a police station where they were kept for seven hours. They were detained after they videotaped, without […]
Photographer harassed in Ceará state
(IPYS/IFEX) – On May 4 2005, André Lima, a photographer with the daily “Diário do Nordeste” was harassed by military police in Fortaleza, Ceará State. Lima was covering a protest against the construction of a high-tension electricity line in the Zizi Gavião and Conjunto São Miguel neighbourhoods. According to the photographer, the military police were […]
Congressman accuses newspaper of libel, assaults journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 20 May 2005, congressman Victor Valdez Melendez assaulted Rufino Zambrano Pinto, a reporter for “Ahora”, a newspaper in Pucallpa, eastern Peru. The incident occurred after Valdez testified before the Third Penal Court of the province of Coronel Portillo, as part of a libel suit he filed against “Ahora” on 28 March. The […]
Journalist’s home robbed a second time
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 May 2005, Marilú Gambini Lostanau, a freelance journalist in the northern province of Chimbote, reported that unidentified individuals entered her home, searched through her personal effects and took several videos. Gambini, who was not at home at the time, dismissed the possibility that it might have been a random break-in. She […]
Prominent journalists meet with vice-president and other authorities after receiving death threats
(FLIP/IFEX) – The following is a joint statement by FLIP, the International Federation of Journalists’ Solidarity Centre (Centro de Solidaridad de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas, CESOFIP), Institute for Press and Society (Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad, IPYS) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporteros Sin Fronteras, RSF): On 16 May 2005, journalists Carlos Lozano, Daniel Coronell […]
Ilhabela-based journalist receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 May 2005, journalist Fernando de Santis reported that he received anonymous death threats on 9 and 13 April over his home telephone in Ilhabela, a small town by the north coast of São Paulo state. The caller also threatened to kill his one-year-old son. Since 2003, Santis has been investigating corruption […]