Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist fired after criticising mayor
Yanina Póveda Mercedes had been critical of the Cajabamba mayor’s administration, denouncing alleged irregularities by the municipal police and in the sale of construction materials.
Drunken congressman attacks journalists
After the incident, Congressman Rubén Coa Aguilar fled through the back door with two women who were accompanying him.
Unidentified individual fires shots at journalist’s car
Sérgio Ricardo Almeida da Luz has been investigating an allegedly illicit increase in the assets of a federal public official.
Thugs assault, threaten investigative journalist
Carlos Camacho Sánchez believes the assault is related to a series of reports he prepared that included corruption allegations against the mayor of the district of Jesús María.
Journalists receive death threat after investigating local councilor
Luis García Heras and Sandro Malca Baca produced journalistic reports showing how councilor Estrella Pizarro had allegedly favored a particular events promoter that received a contract to organize a dance.
Journalist assaulted by mayor
Silvana Núñez was assaulted by the mayor of Chala, Agustín Condori, after she videotaped him drinking in a restaurant during working hours.
Journalists receive death threats via leaflets left at their homes
Segundo Alvines and Braulio Rojas received the threats after reporting on corruption allegations involving the municipality of Bagua.
Newspaper editor, correspondent given two-year suspended prison sentences
Fritz Du Bois and Gessler Ojeda Mercado of the newspaper “Perú 21” were charged with defamation for publishing allegations linking a politician’s family to the prostitution business.