Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Radio Cutivalú correspondent assaulted in Sullana
(IPYS/IFEX) – At around noon (local time) on Friday 15 September 2000, Juan Herrera, correspondent for Radio Cutivalú in the Bellavista district, Sullana province, Piura department, was assaulted by unknown individuals. According to Luis Lozada, IPYS correspondent in the region, the journalist was “attacked by persons apparently hired by District Mayor Emilio Pasapera Calle.” The […]
Equipment confiscated to prevent transmission of radio programme in Loreto
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 September 2000, Prosecutor Jorge Correa Alcántara, accompanied by representatives of the Requena Municipality and the National Police, confiscated the loudspeaker system which radio journalist Luis Gastelú Rodríguez was using. The prosecutor argued that the journalist was operating without the proper licence and permit from the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Requena […]
Judge who was overseeing case filed by “Gente” magazine against Canal N removed from her post
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2000, in a surprise move, Judge Sonia Medina Calvo, of the Ninth Lima Criminal Court, was removed from her post. She had been overseeing the case for defamation and damages filed by officials of “Gente” magazine against the general editor of “El Comercio”, Hugo Guerra of the “Vértice” programme, Canal […]
“Caretas” magazine journalist intimidated
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 19 September 2000, as Sara Andrea Fajardo, photographer for “Caretas” magazine, was near the Governmental Palace, two unknown individuals tried to snatch her photographic equipment away from her. A few minutes later, while she was covering events in the Plaza de Armas square, a number of police officers and […]
Journalists beaten and kidnapped by mayor and his security personnel
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 12 September 2000, two journalists from “El Popular” daily (printed by Impresora Peruana S.A., which also prints “La República” daily) were attacked by the representative of the governing party and mayor of the Lima district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Ricardo Chiroque, and his security personnel. Editor Alexis Fiestas Quinto and photographer […]
Journalist subject to legal harassment
(IPYS/IFEX) – Jimmy Arteaga Grustein, former employee of Frecuencia Latina – Canal 2 under Baruch Ivcher’s management, informed IPYS that for the last three years both he and his wife, journalist Monica Zevallos, have been the targets of legal harassment. On at least four occasions, Arteaga was accused of a number of criminal offences, for […]
“Gente” magazine files complaint against Canal N
(IPYS/IFEX) – The “Gente” magazine, represented by its Executive Director José Enrique Escardo, and Enrique Escardo V-G, have filed a complaint for defamation and slander against Gustavo Gorriti, former press advisor to the Perú Posible political party, Hugo Guerra, the main host of the “Vértice” programme, and Alberto Cendra as the representative of Canal N. […]
Journalists in Cerro de Pasco threatened and attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – Alexander Carbajal Soto, director general of the news bulletin Sentinel: News Witness (Centinela: Testigo de la Noticia), broadcast by radio Éxito in Cerro de Pasco, denounced the pressures, threats and harassment to which he and his team of reporters have been subjected. The group consists of members of the “Objective XXI” Association of […]