Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist released from prison, but prohibited from working
(IPYS/IFEX) – In a 13 February 1998 press release, IPYS reports that journalist Ruben Zurita Vilela was released from prison on 16 January 1998, under a conditional release. Zurita, a broadcaster with Radio Sinfonia of Puerto Maldondado, was sentenced on 21 October 1997 to one year in prison for “illegal practice of journalism” and for […]
Acquittal of four accused of bomb attack against Global TV affiliate
(IPYS/IFEX) – The Special Court on Terrorism has acquitted one civilian and three former soldiers accused of being the intellectual and material authors of the 17 October 1996 bomb attack against the Puna local affiliate of Global Television and Radio Samoa. (See IFEX alert) The majority decision acquits former military officers Angel Luis Sauni Pomaya, […]
Detention of investigative journalist imminent
(IPYS/IFEX) – The Institute for Press and Society reports having received information from reliable sources that journalist Jose Arrieta Matos, former chief of the Investigative Unit at TV station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2, will be detained soon as a result of a police investigation which has been opened after the broadcasting of testimony from a former […]
Update on phone tapping against journalists
(IPYS/IFEX) – Some of the evidence for the phone tapping committed against businessmen, politicians and journalists has reportedly disappeared. On 10 November 1997, the journalists investigating the case claimed that the evidence had been left at Frecuencia Latina/Canal 2 before the station’s minority shareholders, the brothers Samuel and Mendel Winter, took over control of the […]
Security agent attacks two reporters from the program “En Persona”; armed individuals take over radio station in Huancayo; journalist sentenced to one year in prison
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 November 1997, a security agent at a pharmacy in San Isidro physically assaulted reporters from the program “En Persona” which is hosted by journalist Cesar Hildebrandt. Reporter Beatriz Llanos Cabanillas and cameraman Sergio Vergaray were attacked in the course of their work on an investigative report on the alleged trafficking of […]
Journalists who revealed telephone tapping are called before Congressional Commission
(IPYS/IFEX) – Journalist Roxana Cueva, who worked at Frecuencia Latina/Channel 2 until its new administration took over, has been called to appear before the Congressional Commission on Defence, Internal Order and Intelligence on 10 November 1997. The Commission is presided over by Martha Chavez Cossio, Congresswoman for the governing party, Cambio 90 – Nueva Mayoria […]
Theft of computer hard drives that allowed television program to broadcast live via the Internet
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 31 October 1997, journalist Cesar Hildebrant reported on the theft of computer hard drives from the MCC Computer company that allow “En Persona”, the opposition investigative television program directed by Hildebrant, to be seen and heard around the world via the Internet. Police investigating the case concurred with the head of the […]
Theft of computer hard drives that allowed television program to broadcast live via the Internet
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 31 October 1997, journalist Cesar Hildebrant reported on the theft of computer hard drives from the MCC Computer company that allow “En Persona”, the opposition investigative television program directed by Hildebrant, to be seen and heard around the world via the Internet. Police investigating the case concurred with the head of the […]