Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
State television news crew attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 April 2003, in the afternoon, a news crew from the state television station Venezolana de Television was reporting on a demonstration when their vehicle was attacked. The news crew, made up of Junior Pinto, Henry Rodríguez and their driver, Oscar Mogollon, was on the Francisco Fajardo highway, one of Caracas’ main […]
Journalists face legal action
(IPYS/IFEX) – “El Siglo” newspaper manager Mireya de Zurita denounced the Aragua state government, in central Venezuela, for launching legal action against the newspaper’s president, Tulio Capriles Hernández. Zurita told IPYS that Capriles is being sought by officials of the Aragua Security and Public Order Unit (Cuerpo de Seguridad y Orden Público) following the issuing […]
Journalist assaulted, suffers cuts to his face
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 April 2003, at approximately 11:30 p.m. (local time), journalist Edgar Cáceres Flor was the victim of an attack that left him disfigured, with a broken nose. The incident occurred in Ancash, capital of Huaraz province, in northern Peru. The journalist is head of public relations for the Independencia Municipality, a district […]
IPYS protests armed groups’ threat to kill 18 journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – In two separate lists, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) guerrilla army and a rightwing paramilitary group have named 18 people, most of them journalists, who will be assassinated unless they leave the department of Arauca immediately. Caracol Television correspondent Rodrigo Ávila received the lists on […]
RSF, FLIP and IPYS condemn murder of journalist who was in the government’s Journalists’ Protection Programme
(RSF/FLIP/IPYS/IFEX) – The following is an 18 March 2003 joint RSF, FLIP and IPYS press release: Journalist murdered while receiving government protection The murder of journalist Luis Eduardo Alfonso while he was supposedly receiving government protection on 18 March in the eastern city of Arauca is the subject of a joint condemnation by the Bogotá-based […]
IPYS deplores journalist’s ill-treatment at seat of government
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 March 2003, journalist Katherine Mendoza, political affairs editor of the daily “Expreso”, was mistreated while on assignment at the seat of government. On 10 March, “Expreso” published information from the organisation Transparency International that warned about a possible increase in the perception of corruption in Ecuador, due to the presence of […]
Tax authorities investigate television stations
(IPYS/IFEX) – The National Tax Service (Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administracion Tributaria, SENIAT), the body in charge of tax collection in Venezuela, is investigating the country’s private television stations in connection with political announcements they transmitted during the “national civic strike.” The strike, which lasted from 2 December 2002 to 3 February 2003, was organised […]
Journalist denounces attempt to arrest her
(IPYS/IFEX) – Venezuelan journalist Ibéyise Pacheco denounced attempts by police to arrest her on 11 March 2003, while she was working at the Kyss FM radio station in Caracas. Pacheco is director of the daily “Así es la Noticia”, a columnist for the daily “El Nacional” and host of a Kyss FM radio programme. She […]