Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Venezuelan newspaper journalist assaulted by Maicao merchants
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 February 2008, journalist Daniela Bracamonte Rodríguez, correspondent in Colombia for the Venezuelan newspaper “Panorama”, was hit and insulted by a group of merchants when she was working on a report on the lack of certain basic foodstuffs on the border area between Colombia and Venezuela. The incident took place in Maicao, […]
Death threats and attempted frame-up of journalist linked to his investigation of drug lord Fernando Zevallos
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has appealed for more vigilance from the authorities, especially the Interior Ministry, following telephoned death threats against Miguel Ramírez of the Lima-based daily “El Comercio”. Ramírez was also accused of “extortion” on 22 February 2008 by Luis Dávila, a detainee charged with drug trafficking who is believed to be in the pay […]
Journalists detained for videotaping police officers sleeping on duty at Iquitos jail
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 20 February 2008, reporter Carlos Vargas and cameraman Victor del Castillo, of Canal 19 television station, were detained by police captain Luis Sandoval while videotaping two police officers sleeping in a squad car while on duty at a jail in the city of Iquitos, Loreto region, northeastern Peru. Sandoval asked Vargas and […]
Disturbing surveillance of Barrancabermeja journalist couple was preceded by scaling-back of security measures by interior ministry
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 February 2008, the bodyguards for Diro Cesar González and his wife, Tatiana Sánchez, the editor and manager, respectively, of the weekly “La Tarde”, informed the police that the two journalists were being subjected to surveillance by a group of unidentified individuals. The incident took place in the municipality of La Mesa […]
Journalist receives death threats, is falsely accused of attempting to blackmail jailed drug trafficker
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 February 2008, “El Comercio” newspaper, based in Lima, reported a failed attempt to implicate one of its journalists in blackmail. The attempt was carried out by Luis Dávila Melgarejo – an alleged drug trafficker currently in prison – and was directed at journalist Miguel Ramírez of the newspaper’s investigative reporting unit. […]
Two “Jornada” newspaper journalists receive death threats in Ayacucho
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 February 2008, journalists Rocío Paredes and Walter Condorpusa, of “Jornada” newspaper, received an e-mail message threatening them with murder because of the way they had covered the violent acts that took place during the 20 February agrarian strike in the Ayacucho region, southern Peru, which ended with one hundred wounded civilians […]
Portuguesa state police shoot at and beat journalists to prevent coverage of violent suppression of demonstration in Ospino
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 February 2008, police in Portuguesa state, central Venezuela, shot at the journalists who were covering a demonstration by informal small businessmen in the city of Ospino. The police were in the process of violently quelling the demonstration, during which over 40 were wounded, including the mayor of Ospino. The press went […]
Radio journalist beaten by crowd angered by his linking of local resident to Colombian guerrilla group
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 6 February 2008, journalist Rafael Mejía was beaten by a group of 15 people while he was broadcasting his radio programme “Para estar allá”, in which he reads and comments upon the news as printed by local newspapers. His programme is carried on the station Radio Mara Ritmo 900 AM of Maracaibo, […]