Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Further details on shooting of Radio Marañon journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 March 1999, at approximately 1a.m. journalist José Luis Linares Altamirano, was shot by two hooded assailants in his own home in Jaen, department of Cajamarca. Linares is part of the Radio Marañon group of journalists in Jaen, and the director of two radio programmes (one in which he reads communiqués and […]
Peruvian government is seeking a solution to the Ivcher case
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 March 1999, President Alberto Fujimori announced that the government is trying to get past the problems involving businessman Baruch Ivcher. He was responding to questions regarding the possibility of an amicable solution in the famous case of the television businessman who was stripped of his Peruvian citizenship by means of an […]
Another penal case against Baruch Ivcher
(IPYS/IFEX) – A new legal case was opened against Baruch Ivcher by the Court specializing in Taxation and Customs Offences, for the crimes of misappropriation, fraud and acting against the public faith causing injury to television station Frecuencia Latina minority shareholders Remigio Morales Bermúdez and the brothers Samuel and Mendel Winter Zuzunaga. **For background on […]
Aucayacu mayor publicly asks for journalist’s expulsion
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the evening of 9 March 1999, there was a public meeting in the central square of Aucayacu, in the Leoncio Prado province, departament of Huanuco. According to this city’s mayor, Wilder Miranda Ordonez, the journalist and owner of radio Panamericana, Jose Luis Bardales Perez (who is also a correspondant for the “La […]
Ivcher will present official’s testimony
(IPYS/IFEX) – Baruch Ivcher, who has been stripped of his Peruvian nationality by the government, announced that he will present before the Interamerican Human Rights Court (CIDH) in San Jose, Costa Rica, the testimony of a high level government official, in a trial against the government slated to begin on Thursday 18 March 1999. **For […]
Investigation into journalist’s death is closed
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 28 August 1997, in the outskirts of Rioja, department of San Martin, the journalist and owner of Radio “Frecuencia Popular,” Tito Pilco Mori, was found on the street, seriously hurt and lying beside his motorcycle. Six days later he died in a Lima hospital. His state of health prevented him from relating […]
New legal action against Baruch Ivcher
(IPYS/IFEX) – A new legal action is attempting to strip Baruch Ivcher of his majority shareholder title for the Channel 2 television station. ** For background on other cases against Ivcher see IFEX alerts of 17 December, 9 November, 4 November, 27 October, 16 September, 2 September, 18 August, 15 July 1998 and various other […]
Ombudsman puts out report on journalist Isaac García
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 February 1999 Ombudsman Jorge Santistevan de Noriega, made public his final report on the Isaac García Villanueva, of Tarapoto, case, entitled: “Freedom of expression in an electoral context.” During the 1998 electoral campaign, García recorded a political speech made by the then Minister of the Presidency, Tomás Gonzáles Reátegui, who was […]