Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Unidentified individuals throw teargas canisters into home of TV station manager Marcel Granier
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 January 2009, unidentified individuals threw teargas canisters into the home of Marcel Granier, general manager of the RCTV International TV station in Caracas. Granier was not at home at the time of the attack. The teargas, however, affected his relatives and neighbours. Granier said that the attack was perpetrated by a […]
Journalist Luis Rivas shot while covering squatters’ eviction
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 20 January 2009, journalist Luis Rivas, a correspondent for the newspaper “La República,” was shot in the right leg while he was covering the eviction of 1,500 squatters who had illegally settled in the Bosque de Pómac historic sanctuary, in the Lambayeque region of northern Peru. Other reporters working for several media […]
Television cameras banned from National Assembly plenary sessions
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 15 January 2009, the National Assembly’s leadership decided to ban the admittance of TV cameras to the press box in the building’s plenary hall. The measure was announced by Member of Parliament Iván Zerpa, who pointed out that all TV stations will have to use the images provided by the state-run Asamblea […]
Newspaper continuously harassed by President Rafael Correa
(IPYS/IFEX) – Since 2007, the Guayaquil-based “El Universo” newspaper has been harassed by Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa. Correa has not only publicly alleged that the newspaper makes mistakes and publishes inaccurate information, but he has also discredited and insulted it, accusing it of lacking objectivity because it opposes the government. The last incident took place […]
Judge bans broadcast of report on accident
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 11 January 2009, Judge Pedro Sakamoto forbade TV Record News station from broadcasting a report about a traffic accident which took place on 8 January in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso state, in western Brazil. The ruling responded to a request made by Daniel Lima Ramalho, copilot of a car that crashed against a […]
Municipal official threatens journalist for coverage of environmental damage
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 14 January 2009, the general manager of the Maynas Provincial Municipality, Rafael Saavedra, burst into La Voz de la Selva radio station’s broadcasting booth and threatened journalist Mary Pérez, telling her to stop reporting on damages caused to the Allpahuayo Mishana nature reserve by a neighbouring garbage dump. The incident took place […]
Radio journalists the most frequent target of aggression, says IPYS report
(IPYS/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 5 January 2009 IPYS press release: Radio journalists the most frequent targets of aggression IPYS report lists La Voz de la Selva radio station as having suffered the most attacks in 2008 IPYS’s Freedom of Expression Committee is concerned about the number of violations against […]
Unidentified individuals buy up copies of newspaper to prevent public from learning about fuel trafficking allegations
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 January 2009, a group of unidentified individuals bought up copies of the “Perú 21” newspaper from newsstands in the district of Chosica, east of Lima, to stop the public from learning about allegations of fuel trafficking involving authorities and 27 police officers in the district. According to journalist Elizabeth Salinas and […]