Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 January 2004, journalist Irene Medrano Villanueva, of “El Sol de Sinaloa” newspaper, announced that she has been receiving death threats via anonymous telephone calls. Medrano began receiving the calls on 6 January, after she published articles about a prostitution network in which Sinaloa state officials are allegedly involved. Sinaloa state is […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 January 2004, a Globovisión television news crew was attacked as they covered an anniversary celebration of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) opposition political party. Approximately 15 masked individuals surrounded the vehicle in which camera operator Josua Torres and assistant camera operator Sulivan Peña were travelling. The incident took place in front […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – In a 16 December 2003 letter to Judge María Margarita Grados Grados, of Lima’s 31st Criminal Court, IPYS expressed concern over the reopening of legal action against the owner of Frecuencia Latina Canal 2 television station, businessman Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, and his former colleagues, José Cabello Ortega, Julio Genaro Sotelo Casanova and Benjamín […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – Three members of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) assaulted journalist Edwin Azaña Alejos, a reporter and camera operator for “The Power of Information” (“El Poder de la Información”) programme, broadcast on Channel 31 television station in Chimbote, Santa province, in the Ancash region. The journalist was covering the election of the party’s new […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – The National Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, CONATEL) has fined Globovisión television station US$360,750 and will not be returning equipment that was confiscated from the station on 3 October 2003. Globovisión, a 24-hour news station that has taken a clear position against President Hugo Chávez’s government, was accused of “illegal frequency use”. […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 December 2003, Judge Gabriela Pérez, of the Santiago Appeals Court, charged several Chilevisión television station executives and journalists with violating Article 161-A of the Criminal Code. Chilevisión Executive Director Jaime de Aguirre, news producer Alejandro Guillier, news editor Patricio Caldichoury, journalist Fernando Reyes, and production manager Raúl Poblete face charges for […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 December 2003, journalist Rosa María Palacios, director and host of the “Tribuna Libre” programme, broadcast on Channel 6 cable television station, announced that her phone is being tapped after she discovered a wireless microphone attached to the telephone cable line at her home. Palacios is a member of IPYS’s board of […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 November 2003, photojournalist César Rojas was harassed when he went to cover the last day to collect signatures for a recall referendum against President Hugo Chávez. The incident took place at a signature collection booth in a parking lot in the Alta Vista Norte area of the city of Ciudad Guayana, […]