Articles by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad
Journalist’s vehicle torched following threats from Guárico state governor over article on corruption
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 May 2007, journalist Werner Córdoba’s vehicle was torched while parked in front of his home, located in Aragua state in central Venezuela. The vehicle bore a “press” decal. The body of the vehicle was damaged by the flames. Córdoba works in the political news section of “La Prensa del Llano” daily […]
Journalist murdered in Porto Ferreira following death threats
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 5 May 2007, Luiz Carlos Barbon Filho, 37, a journalist for Porto FM radio station and columnist for “Jornal do Porto” and “JC Regional” newspapers, was executed with two shots fired at point blank range by two masked men who ambushed him in a neighbourhood bar in Porto Ferreira, in Sao Paulo […]
RCTV journalists denied entry to government event; others expelled for recording minister’s speech on kidnappings
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 3 May 2007, reporter Junior Acosta, camera operator Juan Rojas and his assistant, Michael Risquez, all of the television station Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), were denied entry to a ministry of defence function, where they intended to cover an event being held by the interior and justice ministry. They were denied entry […]
Former minister urges investigation of newspaper publisher over editorial alleging corruption
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 April 2007, former finance minister Tobías Nóbrega asked the Prosecutor General (Fiscalía) to investigate Teodoro Petkoff, the publisher of “Tal Cual” newspaper, over a 12 April editorial that alleged the former minister’s involvement in acts of corruption, in complicity with other public officials. According to the editorial, based on a document […]
Police detain television crew in Belém, seize camera
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 25 April 2007, journalist Célia Pinho, cameraman Edílson Matos and chauffeur Marcelo Silva, who work for the television station Record Regional/Marajoara, were detained for six hours at the local headquarters of the federal police in the city of Belém, located in the department of Pará in northern Brazil. They were held on […]
Journalist struck, detained by National Guard members when covering protest in Aragua
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 April 2007, journalist Gina Reyes was struck and detained by members of the National Guard while she was covering a protest march in the state of Aragua, central Venezuela. Reyes is a correspondent for the newspaper “El Carabobeño”. The journalist told IPYS that, even though she identified herself as a reporter, […]
Radio station director violently assaulted by sports regulatory body official in Abancay following critical coverage
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 21 April 2007, the director of Peru’s Sports Institute (Instituto Peruano del Deporte, IPD), Hugo Catalán Loayza, punched journalist Hernán Farfán Cruzado, director of Inti Radio, in the face and kicked him. The public official entered the home of a friend of the journalist while a birthday party was in progress and […]
Newspaper office target of grenade attack in Hermosillo
(IPYS/IFEX) – On the night of 17 April 2007, unidentified persons threw a hand grenade against the headquarters of the newspaper “Cambio”, in the town of Hermosillo, state of Sonora, in northern Mexico. According to the newspaper, the grenade exploded in the administrative area of the building, which was empty at the time. There was […]