Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Grave threats against journalists in Andahuaylas
(IPYS/IFEX) – At 6 p.m. (local time) on 17 November 1998, IPYS received a phone call from journalist Romulo Ripa Casafranca, who through IPYS a few days earlier had reported an attack on his office (see IFEX alert.) Ripa said that, because he reported the attack, two journalists that work with him at Radio Panorama […]
Chiclayo journalist faces legal action, attempt to take radio show off the air
(IPYS/IFEX) – Since May 1998, Luis Carbajal Gravello, editor-in-chief of the Radio Frecuencia 2000 radio programme “Acontecer” and of the magazine of the same name, has been facing legal action and an eventual trial. Alberto Ortiz Prieto, current rector of the University of Chiclayo, has filed the series of complaints against the journalist, preventing him […]
Re-elected mayor threatens journalist’s life and damages radio station offices
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 October 1998 after the municipal elections, Enrique Gutiérrez, the re-elected mayor of the city of Camaná (department of Arequipa,) and a group of his supporters burst in and smashed up the offices of the radio station Radio Armonía. Gutiérrez also uttered insults and death threats against station manager Alfredo Del Carpio […]
Journalist threatened, fears for his life
(IPYS/IFEX) – Bacario Alejandro Bautista Yucra, a correspondent of the Lima-based radio station Radio Union and host of the news programme “Contacto A” on the Palpa station Radio Studio A, is seeking the protection of district authorities in Palpa, a city in Ica department (located south of the Peruvian capital, Lima.) On 9 November 1998, […]
Journalist Romulo Ripa attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the afternoon of 12 November 1998, two assailants entered the office of Romulo Ripa Casafranca, news director of the Radiodifusora Sudamericana in Andahuaylas (Apurimac department), and used rocks to break windows and items in the office. They also smashed the rear windshield of Ripa’s car, which was parked outside his office door. […]
High army official threatens journalist César Hildebrandt, accuses him of treason
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist César Hildebrandt reported that General César Saucedo, Chief of the Armed Forces Joint Command (commander-general of the Army,) accused him of being a “traitor.” Hildebrandt also reported on an intense campaign within army ranks to convince officials and soldiers that the Peru-Ecuador peace accord is positive. In the 5 November 1998 edition […]
Baruch Ivcher receives death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – Baruch Ivcher says he has been receiving constant death threats over the past ten days related to this week’s visit to Peru of the Inter American Human Rights Commission. The Commission is investigating the human rights situation in Peru. **For background to cases, see IFEX alerts of 4 November, 16 September, 2 September, […]
Huanuco journalist threatened
(IPYS/IFEX) – For the past while, Augusto Llanos Nurena, editor-in-chief of “El Regional”, a daily distributed in the cities of Huanuco, Cerro de Pasco and Ucayali, has been receiving threats aimed at stopping him from reporting on alleged irregularities in the Huanuco local administration. As background, Felipe Paucar, IPYS’s correspondent in Huanuco, explains that the […]