Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Executive seeks to restore Ivcher’s citizenship without resolving dispute over Canal 2, and pending lawsuits
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 August 2000, the executive branch of government submitted a proposed law on the Regularisation of Peruvian Citizenship Titles to congress for urgent debate. The proposal covers the situation of people who have not been able to obtain their citizenship, or whose citizenship has expired or been cancelled, as in the case […]
Journalist in Iquitos receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – James Beuzebille, director of the radio program “La Razon”, broadcast by radio Arpegio in Iquitos, province of Loreto, was accosted by four unidentified individuals who threatened to kill him if he continued to criticize Roberto Rotondo, a businessman who works in the tourism industry. According to information given by Beuzebille to Mary Perez […]
Newspaper owner does not confirm the complaint he filed against “Liberación”
**Updates IFEX alerts of 11 and 9 August 2000** (IPYS/IFEX) – Manuel Ulloa Van Peborgh, director of the Central Reserve Bank (Banco Central de Reserva, BCR) and owner of the newspaper “Expreso”, did not appear in provisional judge Camila Tello Cordero’s offices to confirm the complaint he filed against the César Hildebrandt, director of the […]
Member of congress files complaint against
(IPYS/IFEX) – Member of Congress Jorge del Castillo, of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana, APRA), filed a complaint against “Etecé” magazine’s editorial committee, accusing them of having slandered and defamed him. The accusation stems from the magazine’s publication of a photo essay, in which the member of congress is portrayed as […]
Date set to resolve Red Global – Canal 13 case would work against businessman Genaro Delgado Parker
(IPYS/IFEX) – The government has set a date on which it will consider the Red Global television case, as part of the timetable for its fulfillment of a number of commitments under a process towards greater democratisation. However, the office of television businessman Genaro Delgado Parker considers that the date set is “suspiciously late”. Delgado […]
Call for a commission to investigate cases of assaulted journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – Member of Congress Carlos Cuaresma Sánchez, of the Moralistic Independent Front (Frente Independiente Moralizador, FIM), asked Congress to create a special commission that would investigate the attacks and punish those who were responsible for assaulting sixteen journalists while they were reporting on the events of 28 July 2000. Cuaresma stated that, according to […]
Concern over complaint filed against “Liberación” daily
(IPYS/IFEX) – The director of “Liberacion” daily, César Hildebrandt, and journalist Mariela Patriau are facing a complaint for defamation, filed against them by Manuel Alberto Ulloa Van Peborgh, executive director of Editora Nacional, which publishes the “Expreso” and “Extra” dailies. Columnist Fernando Viaña Villa, former general manager of BDHIV, “Liberacion”‘s publishing house, was named as […]
Further information on attacks against journalists during protest
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 28 July 2000, journalists from a number of different media were assaulted in downtown Lima, during the third day of the Marcha de los Cuatro Suyos demonstration. The first two days of the march had been peaceful. The violence was attributed to the police’s overly aggressive reaction towards the protesters, and to […]