Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Teargas bomb thrown at building where Globovisión journalist lives
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 16 October 2008, an unidentified individual threw a teargas bomb at the building where Leopoldo Castillo, the host of Globovisión TV station’s program “Aló ciudadano”, lives. Castillo believes that the attack is part of a series of intimidations against the private media that have taken place over the last […]
Journalist threatened for reporting on corruption allegations; reporter beaten while covering protest
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 October 2008, journalist Manuel Rosas Mattos reported having received, during the early hours of that day, an anonymous telephone call warning him about a plan to attack a group of journalists, himself among them. The plan was allegedly plotted by officials from the municipality of Maynas, Loreto region, northeastern Peru. According […]
Television programme cancelled; journalists assaulted and harassed by regional president and his supporters
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 13 October 2008, the owner of Canal 21 television station, Jorge Donayre Lozano, cancelled the “Hora Zero” programme when its host, journalist Raúl Celis, was interviewing Fernando Tunjar Wong, a councillor from the Maynas Provincial Municipality, about a request that Wong step down from his position. According to Celis, Donayre’s reaction was […]
Students attempt to prevent distribution of regional paper
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 7 October 2008, more than 50 students from the University of Zulia stopped two buses that were going to distribute “Panorama”, the newspaper with the largest readership in Maracaibo, western Venezuela, from leaving the warehouse for three hours. According to the students, the action was in protest against the unfair coverage given […]
Cameraman struck with stones while covering demonstration in Guayaquil
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 7 October 2008, Eduardo Molina, a cameraman for the Red Telesistema (RTS) television network, was struck with stones as he covered a confrontation between students at the Aguirre Abad School and police in Guayaquil, western Ecuador. The students were protesting because an expansion of their school that had been […]
Police evict journalists from public building, push and threaten them
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 October 2008, Consuelo Aruquipa and Abraham Silva, journalists for the ATB television network who were trying to cover an occupation of the Bolivian postal service’s (Empresa de Correos de Bolivia, ECOBOL) offices by peasant farmers in the city of La Paz, were assaulted by police officers in charge of the building’s […]
Camera operator targeted after he is identified as being from a region where the authorities oppose the national government
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 September 2008, Carlos Saavedra, a camera operator for the Bolivisión television network, suffered an attempted assault by two unidentified women while he waited outside the San Pedro prison for the lawyer of Pando department governor Leopoldo Fernández. Fernández is being held at the prison in La Paz for having violated the […]
Radio station owner suspends broadcasting of news programme after being pressured by mayor
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 September 2008, the owner of La Existosa radio station, Higinio Capuñay Zerpán, ordered the cancellation of the “El Látigo” news programme after its hosts, Víctor Manuel Vidaurre Ñopo and Jorge Pizarro García, criticised the local mayor, Anselmo Lozano Centurión, on issues regarding public security. The incident took place in Chiclayo, Lambayeque […]