(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 July 2006, journalist Juan Silva Litano, of the programme “Contacto Informativo” on the Paita-based radio station Turbo Mix Paita, was beaten unconscious by an unidentified individual who struck him repeatedly on the head with a glass bottle. The incident occurred on a street in Paita, in the province of Piura, in […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 24 July 2006, journalist Juan Silva Litano, of the programme “Contacto Informativo” on the Paita-based radio station Turbo Mix Paita, was beaten unconscious by an unidentified individual who struck him repeatedly on the head with a glass bottle. The incident occurred on a street in Paita, in the province of Piura, in northeastern Peru. The journalist attributes the attack to criticisms of provincial authorities he made on his programme, to which the attacker made reference.
A day after the attack, Silva received a message on his mobile phone warning him that the beating was only the first of more to come.
The journalist filed a complaint about the attack with the local police and has requested protection.
