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Link to: Death threats against Peruvian journalist who revealed benefits for capital city’s inmates

Death threats against Peruvian journalist who revealed benefits for capital city’s inmates

Threats against journalist Dayana Cieza began in mid-July, after she published a report showing benefits that are enjoyed by some inmates inside a prison in Lima.

Link to: Peruvian journalist assaulted while covering illegal mining operations

Peruvian journalist assaulted while covering illegal mining operations

On May 24, 2015, three unknown individuals beat journalist Manuel Calloquispe and seized his equipment while he was gathering information about illegal gold extraction.

Link to: Peruvian journalists attacked and threatened by demonstrators opposing mining project

Peruvian journalists attacked and threatened by demonstrators opposing mining project

Violent protests against the Tia Maria mining project have been ongoing for more than 50 days in the cities of Cocachacra and Arequipa. On 14 May the demonstrations left many journalists injured.

Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, head of the Ministry of the Interior, which approved the creation of the new institution, REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

What is the purpose of Guatemala’s anti media terrorism foundation?

In the midst of few guarantees for the safety of journalists in Guatemala, authorities are endorsing the creation of a body that may further increase the vulnerability of freedom of the press.

Uruguay's President José Mujica, AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico

Groups hope Uruguay’s media law will become model in Latin America

The adoption of the Law of Audiovisual Communication Services promotes democratisation of the media and the effective exercise of freedom of expression in Uruguay.

Greenpeace activists stand next to large letters that spell out "Time for Change: The Future is Renewable" next to the hummingbird geoglyph in Nazca, Peru, AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File

Peruvian journalist caught up in Greenpeace Nazca Lines investigation

According to IPYS, Public Prosecutor Delia Begazo Villanueva has mistakenly including Rodrigo Abd –a photographer for the American news agency Associated Press– in her investigation of Greenpeace in the Nazca Lines case.

Link to: Journalist in Peru arrested and detained for not carrying ID card

Journalist in Peru arrested and detained for not carrying ID card

Joan Pierre Ríos, a photojournalist for the newspaper El Comercio, was arbitrarily arrested by police officers when covering a story outside the Presbitero Maestro cemetery, in downtown Lima.

Link to: Journalist murdered in Peru after investigating hired assassins

Journalist murdered in Peru after investigating hired assassins

Journalist Fernando Raymondi was in his father’s grocery store when a group of criminals walked in, apparently intending to rob the store. After Raymondi recognized one of them, the criminal shot him twice in the chest, killing him.