Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Lobbyist threatens, assaults “Veja” magazine editor
Rodrigo Rangel was threatened and assaulted when he was interviewing lobbyist Júlio Fróes for a report about favours he receives from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Congressional Committee violated privacy of journalists who denounced corruption scandal
In 2008, telephone companies were asked to hand over the phone records of journalists Fernando Rospigliosi, Laura Puertas, Fernando Ampuero and Pablo O’Brien, who were reporting on the “Petroaudios” scandal.
Electoral council sues newspaper editor
Uri Ben Schmuel is facing a lawsuit because allegedly he failed to include all the technical information associated with a survey published in his paper.
Newspaper editor reports having received death threat
Jaime Quispe Olano believes the threat is linked to a story published by the paper that implicated a brother of the former head of the Ayacucho government in a blackmail scheme.
Journalist sentenced to prison for accusation he did not make
Hans Francisco Andrade Chávez, former presenter of local news programme “América Noticias”, was sentenced to two years in prison for alleged aggravated slander, in a controversial ruling issued by Judge María Elizabeth Zulueta Cabrera.
Magazine editor and TV programme director targeted
Benedicto Jiménez suspects the attack on a TV station van is linked to his investigations into land speculation and the activities of a local businessman.
Journalists attacked by police while covering protest
Víctor Munive and Junior Meza were assaulted by police officers, who also took Meza’s camera and deleted all his photographs of a demonstration in Huancayo.
University students attack and threaten journalist
The students threatened to retaliate against Ángel Montenegro Guanilo if he continued criticising the university students’ actions.