General Assembly 2008 Country Report: Peru
Inter American Press Association
5 November 2008
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Despite the danger, Calloquispe, a freelancer for ‘El Comercio’, ‘Latina Televisión’, and environmental news site ‘Inforegión’, presses ahead with his investigations and scoops.
In addition to being subjected to physical violence and arbitrary arrest, some journalists told RSF that the police said they had to be unionised.
In Peru, the right-wing group La Resistencia is fueling anti-press sentiment by spreading a web of lies and disinformation, endangering journalists and undermining press freedom.