Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalists, media outlets harassed, threatened during protests in Cobija and Sucre
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 27 November 2007, supporters of a regional prefect who oppose the national government threatened journalists of the radio stations Digital and Pando for reporting negatively about the regional strike they organized, which began that day in the town of Cobija, northern Bolivia, according to information provided by the Governmental News Agency (Agencia […]
Journalists assaulted, threatened by relatives of lawyer accused of rape
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 November 2007, América TV correspondents Alejandro Espinoza and Walter Anaya were struck and threatened by a group of relatives of Luciano López Espinosa, a lawyer accused of raping a minor. The incident took place in the town of Sihuas in the Áncash region of northwestern Peru. The journalists were filming the […]
Critical radio journalist hit by striking unionists
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 November 2007, a group of demonstrators, members of the Public Works Construction Worker’s Union (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Construcción Civil, STCC), hit journalist Mayra Azán Mestanza as she was covering a protest from inside the offices of the Punchana’s District Council, in Loreto region of northern Peru. The demonstrators gathered at […]
Journalist accosted by armed men following death threat
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 November 2007, journalist Danilo Bautista Hernández narrowly escaped an apparent murder attempt by two armed men thought to be hired killers. The incident took place on the banks of the river Yuracyacu, in the Nueva Cajamarca district of San Martín region, in northeastern Peru. The assailants aimed a gun at him […]
Demonstrators assault tabloid’s journalists, stone radio station’s offices in Santa Marta
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 November 2007, journalist María Paulina Martínez and photographer José Puentes, of the tabloid “Ajá y Qué”, were attacked during a protest march of over 100 motorcycle-taxi drivers against a decree by the city of Santa Marta, in northern Colombia. The journalists were surrounded while they covered the protest and hit by […]
Ruling party National Assembly member hits journalist over book content cited on television
(IPYS/IFEX) – In the morning of 20 November 2007, Iris Varela, a ruling party member of the National Assembly, hit and insulted journalist Gustavo Azócar Alcalá, of Televisora Regional del Táchira (TRT) television station, after bursting into the station’s recording studios. After having been interviewed for one of the station’s programmes, the representative searched for […]
In Mérida, ULA TV workers interfere with station’s operations; local residents threaten reporters, accuse them of distorting facts
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 30 October 2007, three workers of the University Channel (Canal Universitario, previously known as ULA TV), took over the station’s headquarters and stopped another 36 workers from entering. The television station belongs to the Los Andes University (Universidad de los Andes, ULA), and is among the three most important in the city […]
Mayor, municipal councillor acquitted of involvement in journalist’s murder
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 14 November 2007, the First Criminal Bench of Ucayali’s Superior Court acquitted the mayor of Pucallpa, Luis Valdez Villacorta, of the charges pending against him. The mayor had been accused of being behind the April 2004 murder of journalist Alberto Rivera Fernández, which took place in the Ucayali region, eastern Peru. Solio […]