Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Attempt to seize materials and detain journalists in Chimbote
(IPYS/IFEX) – Officers of the National Division of the Peruvian National Police Special Operations department (Division Nacional de Operaciones Especiales de la Policía Nacional del Perú, DINOES – PNP), intercepted two journalists who were recording an extensive deployment of military and police personnel in the city of Chimbote, department of Ancash, in northern Peru. Free […]
Satellite signal of Canal N is cut in Arequipa
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2000, while Canal N was broadcasting a live presentation of presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori’s political speech from the Plaza de Armas square in Arequipa, television viewers were subjected to an untimely interruption of the signal. According to “La República” daily, the broadcast was interrupted because certain individuals cut the cable, […]
Journalists in Iquitos threatened and slandered
(IPYS/IFEX) – Nancy Villacorta Pérez, host of a news programme broadcast on Radio 10, and her colleague Armando Murrieta, reported that certain pamphlets have been circulating which contain comments alluding to their private lives, insults and slander. According to Mary Pérez Cora, IPYS correspondent in Iquitos, the insults began around 18 May 2000. Pérez Cora […]
Journalists from Radio Santa Rosa harassed and assaulted
(IPYS/IFEX) – Asunta Montoya, news director for Radio Santa Rosa, based in Lima, reported in a communique that was received by IPYS on 25 May 2000, that over the last few weeks, the news staff at the station have been harassed in a number of ways. According to the report, the harassment began when an […]
Judicial actions against “El Comercio” intensify
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 May 2000, IPYS reported that just days before the second round of elections called by the National Elections Board to elect the president of Peru (scheduled for 28 May), two members of the Public Ministry obstructed the archiving of a penal action against the El Comercio Publishing Company for alleged misuse […]
Journalist tortured for refusing to reveal his sources of information
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the night of 24 May 2000, journalist Fabián Salazar Olivares was tortured, allegedly by agents of the National Intelligence Service (Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN). Salazar is a former executive at Frecuencia Latina – Canal 2 under the previous management of Baruch Ivcher, a contributor to “La República” daily and currently in […]
Unexplained blockage of IPYS? electronic mail
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2000, IPYS reported that it has been suffering from a systematic blockage of its electronic mail since March 2000. This blockage prevents the rapid transmission of alerts that are sent from its offices in the normal fashion. While certain difficulties in sending and receiving e-mail have been experienced over the […]
Independent journalists in Iquitos attacked and harassed
(IPYS/IFEX) – On Thursday 18 May 2000, Mary Pérez Cora, IPYS correspondent in Iquitos, reported that several male and female press workers, most of whom are opposing the government, have been victims of physical and psychological attacks. The victims include Raúl Celis and Luis Ugaz Espinoza (see IFEX alert of 6 April 2000), from Radio […]