Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
“El Tiempo” correspondent forced to flee because of death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – Carlos Pulgarín, a correspondent with “El Tiempo” newspaper in the city of Montería, department of Cordoba, was forced to leave the region because of death threats he received in late June 1999. He was threatened after reporting on the armed confrontation between the Colombian Army, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias […]
Journalist receives suspended sentence in Pucallpa
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Manuel Jesús Silva Ruiz received a three year suspended sentence (the maximum penalty for such cases according to the criminal code), and was ordered to pay 20,000 soles (approximately US$6,055) in civil damages to the wronged party. Silva Ruiz is the director of the “Variedades” talk show, broadcast on Radio Súper AM-FM […]
New criminal case against Baruch Ivcher
(IPYS/IFEX) – A new legal case was opened against the former president of Frecuencia Latina, Baruch Ivcher Bronstein, by the Taxation Offences Court. Ivhcer is accused of misuse of capital resources and fraud in his administration of legal matters, causing harm to the television station. **For background on other cases against Ivcher see IFEX alerts […]
Radio Marañon journalists continue to receive threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the night of 15 July 1999, father Luis Távara Martín, the director of Radio Marañon, in Jaén, informed IPYS that the radio station’s journalists had again begun to receive telephone threats as of three weeks ago. **Updates IFEX alerts of 20 July, 29 March, 24 March, 23 March, 22 March and 19 […]
Military chiefs evaluate political tendencies and docility of the press
(IPYS/IFEX) – “La República” newspaper reported on the existence of a fax sent by the president of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and Commander General of the Peruvian army, César Saucedo Sánchez. The fax was sent to the regional military chiefs in the country, inviting them to a meeting to evaluate the various […]
Obstructing law approved, re-examination of editor’s sentence impeded
(IPYS/IFEX) – In the early morning of 15 July 1999, via the ruling party’s majority vote, Congress approved a law that would impede the motion presented by the editor of the “Caretas” magazine, Enrique Zileri. Zileri received a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay US$10,000 in civil damages, after Vladimiro Montesinos, advisor to […]
Aprodev’s representative again in court
(IPYS/IFEX) – Hector Ricardo Faisal Fracolossi, the legal representative of the Association for the Defense of the Truth (Asociacion Pro Defensa de La Verdad, APRODEV), is to appear in courtroom no. 20 of the Criminal Court on 23 July 1999 to face Judge Arturo Vilchez Requejo. Faisal will present his case concerning the allegations of […]
Three journalists attacked by crowd
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 July 1999, three journalists who were covering events in the interior of the provincial municipality of Satipo, in the Junín region, were physically assaulted by supporters of the re-elected mayor, Arturo Durand Panez. This occurred during a meeting between the mayor and his supporters, held to discuss a demonstration being planned […]