Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist charged for lacking accreditation
(IPYS/IFEX) -The minister of the interior, César Saucedo Sánchez, has authorised the Peruvian National Police’s (PNP) public prosecutor to charge Chimbote journalist Hugo Meza Layza. According to the ministerial decree which was published in the government newspaper “El Peruano” on 12 September 1999, Meza is accused of exercising his profession without having accreditation, and of […]
Journalists accused by military judicial body
(IPYS/IFEX) – The Military Justice Supreme Council (CSJM), the judicial body of the Peruvian armed forces, accused journalists, who are members of the Prensa Libre Association of having used false documents to base their accusation that the Military Intelligence Service (SIE) played a role in political espionage. CSJM’s complaint was submitted to the National Elections […]
Journalist threatened and intimidated
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Juan Sánchez Oliva, the director of the news radio programme “Quassar en la Noticia”, broadcast on Radio Quassar, in Huaraz, the capital of the department of Ancash, informed IPYS that, for approximately six months, he and his family have been the victims of constant threats and acts of intimidation. On his programme, […]
Lima’s mayor denounces six newspapers
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 6 September 1999, Alberto Andrade Carmona, Lima’s mayor, acting through his lawyer, Heriberto Benítez, presented a constitutional motion before the attorney general, Miguel Aljovín Swayne, requesting that an investigation be carried out and a formal complaint be filed against the newspapers: “El Mañanero,” “La Chuchi,” “El Diario Más,” “El Chato,” “El Chino,” […]
Two “Caretas” journalists assaulted during public rally in support of former mayor
(IPYS/IFEX) -Two “Caretas” magazine journalists reported that they were assaulted during the birthday celebration of Manuel Garrido Castro, the former mayor of Los Órganos district, in the province of Talara, Piura department, at approximately 11:30 p.m. (local time) on Friday 3 September 1999. The journalists stated that photographic equipment and their press credentials were taken […]
Former “El Comercio” journalist worried about renewed threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Jesus Raimundo expressed to the Association for Human Rights (Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos, APRODEH) his concern due to an intimidating letter sent to ATV Noticias anchorman Ruben Trujillo on 23 August 1999 (see IFEX alert of 30 August 1999). As a warning, the letter recounted the threats directed against Raimundo in 1998, […]
Hospital security guard assaults journalist in Chimbote
(IPYS/IFEX) – A private security guard of the Regional Hospital “Eleazar Guzman Barron”, in the coastal city of Chimbote, assaulted journalist Marco Villanueva Escobar while he was inside the hospital. Villanueva was left with a fractured bone in his left hand and lesions on his back and legs as a result of the assault carried […]
New tabloid attacking “La República” daily appears
HASH(0x87fbc8c) **For further information on other defamatory tabloids see IFEX alerts of 5 August, 28 July, 30 June, 16 June, 14 June, 8 June and 1 June 1999** (IPYS/IFEX) – Another underground tabloid has began circulating in the southern city of Puno. The tabloid, called “Repútica del Gran Sur”, tries to ridicule “La República” daily […]