Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist asks for protection following his daughter’s kidnapping
(IPYS/IFEX) – Radio journalist Néstor Puicón Ramos, aged 53, has asked for protection following the kidnapping of his 23-year-old daughter, Ana Raquel Puicón González. He is the director and host of the “Foro Radial” news programme, broadcast on Radio Señorial in the city of Huancayo, capital of Junín region. Puicón Ramos submitted the request to […]
Authorities attempt to arrest journalist Ibéyise Pacheco
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 8 July 2003, the security police (Dirección General de los Servicios de Inteligenica y Prevención, DISIP) attempted to arrest journalist Ibéyise Pacheco, director of “Así es la Noticia” newspaper and a columnist for “El Nacional” newspaper. Commissioner Miguel Rodríguez Torres, DISIP director, was responding to a 3 July order to locate and […]
Radio journalist assaulted
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 10 July 2003, journalist Patricia Poleo was assaulted while her radio programme “Cuéntamelo todo” was being broadcast from the city of Barinas, in southwestern Venezuela. Poleo and her production team were in Barinas reporting on location, near the former residence of President Hugo Chávez’s parents. A group of protesters, […]
Television station broadcast facilities closed
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 July 2003, the Catia TV broadcast centre, located in Caracas’ Lídice public hospital, was closed. A commission sent by the Caracas Metropolitan District Mayor’s Office, and accompanied by officials from the Caracas Metropolitan Police, closed the studio by putting a lock on the main door. The director of the community-based television […]
Radio and television technicians interrogated for interference with transmission
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 June 2003, three technicians from several different private television stations and a radio technician were taken to the security police (Prevention and Intelligence Services Directorate, DISIP) headquarters. The technicians made declarations regarding an incident of supposed sabotage in the television and radio transmission of a military parade. The incident took place […]
Radio and television technicians interrogated for interference with transmission
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 June 2003, three technicians from several different private television stations and a radio technician were taken to the security police (Prevention and Intelligence Services Directorate, DISIP) headquarters. The technicians made declarations regarding an incident of supposed sabotage in the television and radio transmission of a military parade. The incident took place […]
Television stations’ appeal denied by Supreme Court
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 June 2003, the Supreme Court’s (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, TSJ) Constitutional Chamber refused to grant a petition filed by television stations Globovisión, Televen and RCTV to have several articles of the Telecommunications Law declared unconstitutional. Representatives of the television stations asked the court to strike down Article 171, paragraph 6, which […]
Journalists assaulted during violent demonstrations in Puno
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 May 2003, a news crew from the Arequipa-based television station Canal N was brutally attacked by demonstrators who accused the journalists of biased reporting. The crew had travelled to Puno to cover events related to the death of Edwin Vilca Cruz, a university student from the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano. Canal […]