Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Former paramilitary group members attack journalists in Guatemala City
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2005, at least three reporters were insulted and attacked by former paramilitary group members in Guatemala City. At the time of the incident, the journalists were covering a protest by former members of Guatemala’s Civil Defence Patrols (Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil, PAC). One of the protesters hit Ewin Silva, a […]
Court upholds sentence banning journalist from practicing his profession for one year
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 4 February 2005, the Madre de Dios Superior Tribunal, in southeastern Peru, rejected an appeal filed by journalist Luis Aguirre Pastor’s defence and upheld a sentence that bans the journalist from practicing his profession for one year. Aguirre, director and host of the radio news programme “La Voz de Madre de Dios”, […]
Photographer briefly detained by police
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 February 2005, photographer Lucas Mamede, of “Folha de S. Paulo” newspaper, was taken into custody by police after having an argument with officers who were present during a land occupation in Batatais, a small town in the state of São Paulo. The photographer was released two hours later. The incident occurred […]
Journalist threatened by military authorities
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 9 February 2005, Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, a correspondent for “El Diario de Juárez” newspaper, reported that he had received death threats from members of the military after he published an article about a military raid on a local hotel. “El Diario de Juárez” is published in Ascención, Chihuahua region, northern Mexico. According […]
Peruvian journalist faces legal action
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Pablo O’Brien Cuadros, of the Lima-based newspaper “El Comercio”, is facing legal action in a Panama court. On 25 January 2005, a case against the journalist was admitted at the Thirteenth District Prosecutor’s Office in Panama City. He is accused of “acting against the public faith and falsifying information”. A complaint was […]
Journalist attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 29 January 2005, at 12:30 p.m. (local time), journalist Fernando Valverde Lavado was stopped as he walked down the street and assaulted by brothers Gilfor and Gib Alva Sotomayor. About 20 people who witnessed the incident prevented the attackers from stabbing the journalist. Valverde works for the daily “Ya” in Pomabamba, Ancash […]
Officers search journalist’s home, seize files
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 28 January 2005, eight officers from the Scientific and Criminal Investigations Unit (Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, CICPC) raided the residence of Patricia Poleo, editor of “El Nuevo País” newspaper, in Caracas. Poleo told the media that the officers had an order to search for documents related […]
Radio station’s equipment destroyed by angry mob
(IPYS/IFEX) – At noon (local time) on 16 January 2005, close to 40 people armed with guns and sticks burst into the offices of Radio Néctar and destroyed the station’s facilities and transmission equipment. They claimed to have been insulted on the air a few minutes earlier. Station owner Mariano Núñez Guevara denied the accusations. […]