Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Continued hostility toward journalists attributed to National Intelligence Service
(IPYS/IFEX) – According to IPYS, various sensationalist publications continue to publish defamatory information about representatives of the independent press. The campaign, if it is being inspired and financed by state organizations as has been reported, would be another symptom of the precarious situation of press freedom in the country. This campaign is of concern not […]
One journalist murdered; another journalist attacked
(IPYS/IFEX) – According to IPYS, on 6 April 1998, at 8:00 p.m., a group of approximately twenty men (some of whom were hooded) stormed the home of Isabel and Walter Chumpitaz Panta, in Bajo Piura, in the northern disctrict of La Union. According to the mother of the two journalists, the intruders identified themselves as […]
Journalists not obliged to join professional association in order to work legally
(IPYS/IFEX) – The free practice of the journalistic activity has been officially guaranteed after the President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, promulgated Law 26937, which was approved in the legislature on 12 March 1998. **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 November 1997 and 27 and 16 February 1998** The polemic which gave rise to this law originated […]
Miguel Bravo Quispe’s secretary sentenced to ten years in jail
(IPYS/IFEX) According to IPYS, Olga Lena Campos Chavez, 34 years old, was sentenced to ten years in jail for the assassination of Miguel Bravo Quispe, the mayor of the district of Yanacancha. Quispe was a correspondent for the daily paper “El Comercio” and for Radio Programas del Peru, in addition to being president of the […]
Judge rejects charge against journalist Jose Arrieta
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 March 1998, the Second Criminal Court of Lima (SJPL) rejected the accusations presented by public prosecutor Alejandro Espino Mendez against journalist Jose Arrieta Mattos, former head of the Investigative Reporting Unit at Frecuencia Latina. Arrieta was to have been prosecuted for obstruction of justice and general contempt. Meanwhile, criminal prosecutor Nerida […]
Debate underway over licensing of journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – According to IPYS, the Constitutional Commission of Congress has not yet managed to gather the necessary quorum to debate the bill brought by the President of Congress, Carlos Torres y Torres Lara, which would guarantee journalists the right to freely exercise their profession without being licensed. On 2 March 1998, however, another member […]
Disciplinary process opened against judges who sentenced journalist
(IPYS/IFEX) – According to 3 March 1998 report by IPYS, the District Office for the Supervision of Magistrates (ODICMA) in Cuzco has ordered disciplinary proceedings opened to investigate certain judges of the Mixed Court in Madre de Dios. Earlier this year, the judges in question, Fausto Cornejo Alvarez, Marina Tagle de Revatta and Jorge del […]
Journalist Jose Arrieta to be prosecuted
(IPYS/IFEX) – IPYS reports that, on 3 March 1998, Public Prosecutor Alejandro Espino Mendez made a request for the initiation of legal proceedings against journalist Jose Arrieta, accused of obstructing justice and of general contempt. **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 December 1997, 7 January 1998 and 12 February 1998** The charges are based on the […]