Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Newspaper photographer assaulted by municipal police officers while covering anti-corruption protest
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 May 2008, “Diario Hoy” photographer Víctor Querales Hugás was beaten by municipal police officers when he was taking pictures of a man who had chained himself to a post facing the town hall to protest against alleged corruption and the local administration’s delay in solving a problem of his. The event […]
Journalists beaten by police to prevent them from reporting on prison shooting
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2008, Radio Loreto’s programme “Loreto en la Noticia” reporter Juan Carlos Rodríguez Pinchi and other journalists were beaten by a group of policemen when they sought admission to the Maynas prison to check on the state of the prisoners after a police shooting the previous night. The prison is in […]
EFE photographer wounded by police while covering protest in Valparaíso
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 May 2008, EFE photojournalist Víctor Salas was wounded when a police officer struck him with a baton. Salas was covering the protests being staged by several civil society organizations in the vicinity of the National Congress in the city of Valparaíso (120 km from Santiago), the country’s legislative headquarters, where President […]
Three journalists assaulted in separate incidents in Arequipa
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 14 May 2008, in two separate incidents in Arequipa region, three journalists were assaulted. The journalist Leslie del Águila, correspondent of the newspaper “El Trome”, was beaten by relatives of Melgar FBC football team player Carlo Cancina, who has been accused by a witness of having participated in the theft of a […]
Female editor of weekly in Arequipa receives death threat after publishing articles critical of former regional president
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 14 May 2008, journalist Mabel Cáceres, editor of the weekly “El Búho”, received at her home an envelope with a death threat from an anonymous source. The incident took place in the Arequipa region of southern Peru. Cáceres is also a correspondent for IPYS in that region. The journalist told IPYS that […]
Radio journalist assaulted, threatened by football player in Cusco
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 14 May 2008, journalist Sandro Salcedo Domínguez, director and host of Radio Santa Mónica’s programme “Tribuna del Pueblo”, was beaten and threatened with death by Néstor Candia Torres, a football player for the Cusco team Cienzano, over a comment the journalist made about a theft that took place at the club’s headquarters […]
Journalists shoved by police, prevented from covering eviction action in Caracas
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 8 May 2008, municipal police from the municipality of Libertador, in Caracas, roughly handled Ávila TV journalist Lormely Saldaña and camera operator Ralphy Aldaña. They also detained David Sivira, a security agent for the television station, who was accompanying the journalists as their assignment was considered risky. The incident took place when […]
Journalist assaulted in Casma by head of parents’ association following critical article
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 9 May 2008, journalist Antonio Azalde, editor of the newspaper “El Guerrero”, informed IPYS that he had been physically assaulted by David Cuellar Morales, the president of the parents’ association of the Inmaculada Concepción public school. The incident took place in the headquarters of the Educational Administration Unit in Casma, located in […]