Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 28 July 2004, a Venezolana de Televisión station news crew was attacked by opposition party supporters near the Plaza El Indio in Chacao municipality, eastern Caracas. Journalist Grecia Pineda, her camera operator and a camera assistant were conducting a survey at a ruling party booth as part of the […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 5 July 2004, journalist Henry Pinedo Rojas, director of the “La Verdad” radio programme, was physically and verbally assaulted by Juan Vásquez Laguna, a provincial court judge in the city of Nauta, Loreto region, northeastern Peru. The journalist was attacked for having broadcast on his programme an allegation that the judge had […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 July 2004, investigate journalist Carlos Eduardo Huertas, of the Colombian magazine “Semana”, was mistreated by security personnel at the Albrook airport in Panama. Huertas had submitted a formal request to the Panamanian Civil Aviation authorities for permission to view certain public documents. The incident occurred when Huertas went to the airport […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 July 2004, journalist Dariana Bracho said that two days earlier she received seven death threats via telephone calls. Bracho works for “La Verdad” newspaper, in the city of Maracaibo, located in western Venezuela on the border with Colombia. Bracho said she received the threats after she was summoned on 13 July […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 July 2004, the government approved a new Radio and Television Law. Article 34 of the law requires radio and television to adopt a code of ethics and present it to the Transportation and Communications Ministry. Article 75 of the law stipulates that a station would commit a minor infraction if it […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 12 July 2004, a group of unidentified, masked individuals kidnapped camera operator Daniel Díaz and his assistant, Peter Esteban Córdoba, in the vicinity of Zulia University. The university is located in the northeastern part of Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state, in western Venezuela. Díaz and Córdoba work for the privately-owned Venevisión […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 July 2004, journalist Marco Cruzálegui Chávez, director and host of the “TV y Cine al Día” television programme, was struck in the face by Alberto Longaray Rocha, son of the head of San Martín’s Superior Court, Judge César Longaray Bolaños. The incident occurred in front of the journalist’s house, in Moyobamba […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 July 2004, several camera operators and journalists were assaulted while reporting on a violent demonstration by the most radical faction of the teachers’ labour union in the city of Huamanga, Ayacucho region, southwestern Peru. A camera operator for the “Confirmado Regional” programme, broadcast on Radio Televisión Peruana station in Ayacucho, was […]