Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Two Peruvian journalists receive death threats after reporting on corrupt public officials
Journalists Paola Collazos and José Atauje stated that there are very powerful mafias in the region that have sway over the authorities. Their reports about this situation have resulted in death threats.
Peruvian journalist’s wife killed in struggle with gunman looking for her husband
On 17 October 2014, a hired gunman entered the offices of Radio Rumba in the district of Pichanaki looking for radio journalist Gerson Fabián Cuba. In the resulting struggle the journalist’s wife, was killed.
Accusations against local official result in attempt to kill Peruvian journalist
Journalist Santos Porras, director of the weekly Quién in Huancayo, has reported to IPYS that people tried to kill him after he published serious accusations against the local leader.
TV program in Peru cancelled after being critical of local administration
On 26 August 2014, the TV program “Claridad”, on Channel 55, was unexpectedly cancelled after the corporation that owns the station received death threats as a result of the program’s editorial line.
Peruvian journalist threatened over coverage of regional strike and mining
On 24 April 2014, journalist Manuel Calloquispe Flores, correspondent for INFOREGIÓN and director of América TV program “La Cara del Pueblo”, requested personal protection from the Government of Madre de Dios, after he was threatened as a result of his coverage of a regional strike that has annoyed illegal miners.
Radio team receives death threats in Peru after reports on problems with garbage pick-up
Henry Pinedo, the director of Radio Ayahuasca, reported that his team has received various death threats in text messages sent to their mobile phones. It is thought that the threats are related to reporting on problems with the local city waste collection service.
Journalists in Peru receive death threats after criticizing municipal government
The journalists, Pedro Escudero Cárdenas and Germán Escudero Saldarriaga, told IPYS that attacks started after they published several accusations about alleged acts of corruption by officials of the Municipality of Pomabamba led by Mayor Juan Ponte Carranza.
Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan
195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.