Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Students disrupt live television broadcast, throw stones at journalists
A live broadcast by the Ecuavisa television station was disrupted by students who were supporting a demonstration organised by teachers.
News team threatened
A news team for the daily “A Tarde” was threatened when it was covering a fire in the city of Salvador.
IPYS condemns ministry action against La Voz de Bagua radio station
IPYS’s Board of Directors condemns a new arbitrary action by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) against radio station La Voz de Bagua.
Telesur correspondent assaulted, motive unknown
Journalist Elena Rodríguez, a correspondent in Ecuador for Venezuela’s Cadena Telesur TV network, reported that she was beaten and threatened by three armed men.
Suspected explosives found outside press group’s headquarters
A security guard working for the Bloque de Armas press group found two small cases that were suspected to contain explosives.
Two television programmes taken off the air
The directors of two Cablenoticias (CN3) programmes were informed by the station’s administrator that the weekly shows would no longer be broadcast.
Television station’s antenna shut down following critical report on former government official
The antenna of the Canal 19 television station was shut down after the station broadcast a report accusing a former government official of corruption.
President calls for television station’s definitive closure
President Rafael Correa has requested that a new process be opened against TV station Teleamazonas so that it may be “definitively closed down”.