Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Graffiti insulting radio journalist appears on Iquitos town walls
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the morning of 9 July 2008, insulting messages were painted on four walls in the city of Iquitos. The graffiti was directed against Mary Pérez, a reporter for La Voz de la Selva radio station and IPYS’s correspondent in the Loreto region, northeastern Peru. Station director Oraldo Reategui told IPYS that the […]
Eight radio stations, two newspapers targeted in rash of vandalism in Cojedes state
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 29 June 2008, unidentified individuals spray painted messages on the walls of radio stations Radio Pueblo 100.7 FM, Rumbera Network 103.7, Plata 105.7 FM, Pachanga 99.7 FM, Guarachera 96.1 FM, Sonido 104.3 FM, Favorita 106.1 FM and Radio San Carlos 920 AM. Some of the billboards advertising the stations were also defaced […]
Journalists assaulted in separate incidents in Iquitos, Tocache and Casma
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 July 2008, Mayra Azán Mestanza, host of the Arpegio radio station programme “La Voz de la Calle”, was struck and insulted by lawyer Gino Cárdenas Pezo’s wife and daughter. The journalist wanted to question the lawyer about allegations he was failing to pay support for two children he has had outside […]
Journalist receives death threat in Huancabamba
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 July 2008, journalist Guillermo Guevara, host of the “Contacto Informativo” programme broadcast by La Voz del Rondero radio station, received a telephoned death threat as he was commenting during his programme on a protest that a group of farmers had staged in front of another radio station, Radio Centinela, the day […]
Reporter assaulted, television station’s vehicle damaged during demonstration in Lima; journalist threatened in San Francisco for criticising illegal coca farming
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 9 July 2008, a group of demonstrators vandalised a Canal N television station van after the leader of the Peruvian General Workers’ Confederation (Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú, CGTP), Domingo Cabrera, incited them to action by stating that the station was misinforming the public about the national strike organised by the […]
Journalist assaulted by angered mayor for reporting on alleged irregularities
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 6 July 2008, Mayor Orlando Gómez, of the city of Libertad in Barinas state, burst into the broadcasting booth of radio station Llanera 100.1 to insult and harass journalist Raúl Chirinos, host of the “Tertulia Vecinal” programme. The incident occurred while the journalist was on the air, reporting live on alleged irregularities […]
Suspected murderer of journalist captured
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 26 June 2008, officers of the Institute for Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations (Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, CICPC) arrested Isaac Mollera Zárraga, the alleged murderer of journalist Javier García, who was found dead in his flat in Caracas on 15 June. García, who was the host of RCTV Internacional […]
Television news crew prevented from covering transit system inspection in Mérida
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 June 2008, soldiers prevented journalist Pablo Ramón Villa, of the Televisora Andina de Mérida (TAM) television station, from covering the inspection that Jorge Cegarra, the president of the Trolmérida mass transit system, was going to carry out that day. Mérida lies in western Venezuela. The journalist was waiting for the official […]