(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 October 2006, around 20 protesters, members of the Education Workers’ Union of Perú (SUTEP), stormed into the premises of Master Mix radio station a few minutes before the broadcast of the programme “Actualidad Regional” and forced journalists Enma Gutiérrez and Pilar Solís to broadcast their demands live. The teachers warned them […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 18 October 2006, around 20 protesters, members of the Education Workers’ Union of Perú (SUTEP), stormed into the premises of Master Mix radio station a few minutes before the broadcast of the programme “Actualidad Regional” and forced journalists Enma Gutiérrez and Pilar Solís to broadcast their demands live. The teachers warned them that the journalists would get hurt if they continued criticizing the protest marches that are taking place in the city of Huancavelica, southwestern Peru. The journalists decided to leave the town for a few days.
Gutiérrez and Solís told IPYS that on 17 October they broadcast on their programme the complaints of some of the town’s residents affected by the teachers’ strike. The journalists also stated that they had criticized the marches because of the damage that several protesters caused to the regional government’s headquarters. They believe that this provoked the union members’ reaction.
The journalists asked the city’s sub-prefecture for protection.
