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Alerts - Bolivia

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Bolivia

Journalist sentenced to two and a half years in prison for defamation

Rogelio Peláez was convicted of "defamation and libel" for his use of metaphors in articles about a lawyer who had collected excessively high legal fees.

Bolivia

Evo Morales betrays contradictions in his position toward the press

IPI is dismayed that President Morales considers the media to be his opposition and, therefore, instead of condemning attacks against critical press, seems to leave his followers free to "react against the lies," which has at times resulted in violence.

Bolivia

Journalist stabbed

Leopoldo Ibarra sustained eight stab wounds and a beating for what he says was retaliation for his coverage of local trade organisations.

Bolivia

Radio and television stations destroyed by mayor's supporters

A group of residents from the community of Choré dismantled and destroyed equipment belonging to the Yapacaní community radio station and Canal 8 television station.

Bolivia

Journalist's son flees the country following threats

Journalist Mónica Oblitas has been receiving threats since reporting on a corruption case in April 2011.

Bolivia

Journalist who exposed corruption threatened

Mónica Oblitas has received repeated death threats after publishing an exposé on corruption within the Institute of Forensic Investigations.

Bolivia

Investigation points to suicide as reason for journalist's death

According to a Public Prosecutor's Office investigation, David Niño de Guzmán died as a result of injuries caused by the detonation of a bomb that he himself manufactured.

Bolivia

Police detain individual for selling video about President Evo Morales

Richard Romero Cossío was accused of "insult to authorities" for selling a video about the president's activities as the head of a coca growers association.

Bolivia

Several laws restricting press freedom raise IAPA concern

One of the laws being debated would require media outlets to broadcast every speech by President Evo Morales and another would ban media from conducting interviews or voicing opinions concerning the appointment of judges.

Bolivia

Body of missing journalist found in La Paz

The body of journalist David Niño de Guzmán, news director at Agencia de Noticias Fides (ANF), was found on a street in the outskirts of La Paz on 21 April 2011.

Bolivia

Journalists assaulted while reporting on land dispute in Lomas de Andalucía

Journalist Jaqueline Rojas was pulled out of her vehicle and kicked to the ground while reporting on illegal land claims.

Bolivia

Journalist followed after interviewing key witness in Santa Cruz scandal

Journalist José Luis Patuy, of the Red Uno television station, was able to locate and interview a key witness who was believed to be out of the country.

Bolivia

Journalist receives further threats

The threats against Carlos Torres, a correspondent with radio Panamericana, are similar to another death threat he received on 3 January 2011.

Bolivia

Journalist receives anonymous death threat

According to Carlos Torres, the threat he received is linked to a campaign that journalists initiated calling for modifications to an anti-discrimination law.

Bolivia

Senate constitutional committee approves new law with two controversial articles

IAPA expresses its full support for journalists and news media outlets that have recently held demonstrations to demand greater guarantees of press freedom.

Bolivia

Journalists assaulted by mob during police operation

Camera operator Johnny Bazán had to be taken to the emergency ward of a medical center after being hit in the head.

Bolivia

Demonstrators attack journalists

Supporters of the ousted mayor of Sucre struck, hurled insults and threw sticks and firecrackers at three Canal 7 Televisión Boliviana journalists.

Bolivia

Mayor threatens to shoot journalist

The mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra threatened Pablo Calucho when the journalist attempted to ask him a question about the occupation of public spaces by street vendors in the municipality.

Bolivia

Street vendors attack journalists

The vendors, who were protesting against a plan to restore public spaces in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, assaulted several journalists with sticks and stones.

Bolivia

Access to information to get boost from declassification of dictatorship's files

The decision represents a major advance for the right of access to public information and the collective memory process, said RSF.

Bolivia

TV presenter attacked

The journalist thinks the attack was in retaliation for comments he made about the involvement of various women in the ruling party's electoral campaign.

Bolivia

Government official announces criminal defamation lawsuit against journalist

The executive director of Insumos Bolivia accused journalist Carmen Melgar of defamation after she reported that the institution had flour that had passed its best before date in its warehouses.

Bolivia

RSF urges army to open dictatorship files and allow access to information

RSF condemned the army's refusal to allow access to part of the archives of the military dictatorships on the crucial subject of disappearances.

Bolivia

Police officers assault and detain television crew; journalist reports she was kidnapped

The assault by police took place when the television crew was covering a kidnapping case.

Bolivia

Demonstrators burst into state-owned radio station, interrupt its broadcast

A representative for the group said the demonstrators seized some government offices after breaking off their dialogue with the authorities.

Bolivia

President rebukes two journalists who questioned him about a terrorism case

The president accused one of the journalists of attempting to defend terrorism and secessionism with her questions.

Bolivia

Demonstrators detonate dynamite outside newspaper headquarters

The demonstrators were allegedly angered by "La Razón"'s editorial stance, which they claim is "at the mercy of and in favour of businessmen."

Bolivia

Journalist threatened by community members after reporting on municipal meeting

A group of 57 people burst into the "El Diario" newspaper's headquarters and detained journalist Julieta Nina, threatening her with "communal justice."

Bolivia

Government minister refuses to reveal identity of police officers who attacked television crew

A government minister has announced the dissolution of the police unit to which the officers belonged, but refused to provide the names of those involved in the attack.

Bolivia

Journalists who cover police beat assaulted in Potosí

In less than a week, four journalists who cover the police beat have been assaulted, presumably by criminal elements, in the city of Potosí.

Bolivia

Mayor of La Paz initiates legal action against magazine, police use violence to suppress protest march by journalists

La Paz's mayor filed a lawsuit for "insult to authorities" against "Hora 25" magazine, while police officers used violence to suppress a protest march by journalists.

Bolivia

Police vehicle crashes into television news team's car, officers destroy camera

A police vehicle that was accompanying the transfer of a detained businessman intentionally crashed into a car carrying a Unitel television network crew.

Bolivia

Journalist beaten, receives death threat

Journalist Silvia Velarde reported that a group of residents of the El Alto area assaulted and threatened to kill her when she was covering an attempted lynching.

Bolivia / El Salvador / Venezuela

Three journalists receive death threats in El Salvador; editor harassed in Venezuela

The IAPA called on officials in Bolivia, El Salvador and Venezuela to quickly investigate the acts of violence and intimidation reported in recent days against journalists in those countries.

Bolivia

Cameraman brutally attacked in La Paz

Following a vicious attack on cameraman Macelo Lobo, CPJ calls on authorities to thoroughly investigate the incident.

Bolivia

Journalist says he is receiving threats that are related to his work; minister's bodyguard assaults reporter

A journalist for the Red Uno television network said he is receiving threats that are related to his work. A reporter from the San Miguel radio station,said he was assaulted by a government minister's security guard.

Bolivia

Journalists report they were locked up in press room during Hugo Chávez's visit

A number of journalists who were covering Hugo Chávez's visit to the Presidential Palace in La Paz, reported that they were locked up in the Press Room.

Bolivia

Journalist detained by Public Prosecutor's Office security director

The editor of the monthly "Larga Vista" reported that he was detained by the security director for the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Bolivia

Television station condemns harassment of journalist following series of reports on public security issues

Unitel has stated that journalist and news presenter Jimena Antelo Telchi was harassed by five men who said they were police officers.

Bolivia

RSF warns of real risk of impunity in case of journalist Carlos Quispe Quispe

RSF is warning of a real risk of impunity in the case of Radio Municipal Pucarani radio station journalist Carlos Quispe Quispe, who was killed in March 2008.

Bolivia

Supreme decree on terrorism could impact on media owners

President Evo Morales issued a decree which orders the confiscation of the possessions of individuals who are suspected of having financed any acts of terrorism, including owners of media outlets.

Bolivia

Local TV station chief resigns because of death threats

Journalist Andrés Rojas resigned as editor-in-chief of Canal 57 Virgen de Copacabana after receiving many death threats. In a separate case, Carlos Morales, editor-in-chief of "La Prensa", and another of the newspaper's editors, Raphael Ramirez, received death threats in connection with a story linking a government official to organised gangs.

Bolivia

Activist accused of assaulting journalists arrested at pro-government rally

(RSF/IFEX) - Self-proclaimed pro-government activist Adolfo Tito Cerrudo Dávila, who is facing two cases of assault against journalists, was arrested during a demonstration in La Paz on 16 March 2009 for failing to comply with the terms of a judicial order.

Bolivia

Residents of Achacachi prevent journalists from covering occupation of former vice-president's lands

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 7 March 2009, journalists from several media outlets said that a group of villagers from nine communities in the settlement of Huatajata who occupied and looted a rural property owned by former Bolivian vice-president, Víctor Hugo Cárdenas, prevented them from carrying out their work. Huatajata is located in the municipality of Achacachi, in the department of La Paz.

Bolivia

Two individuals arrested following investigation into sabotage of radio station; mayor of Santa Cruz assaults journalist Marcia Cedeño

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders today noted the arrest on 3 March 2009 of two suspects, Juan Carlos and Saul Herrero Abrego, in the investigation into the sabotage of Radio Rurrenabaque radio station, on 4 September 2008, in the department of Beni, northeastern Colombia. The two brothers are reportedly members of the Beni Civic Committee that abducted and held a journalist from the public radio network Red Patria Nueva during a wave of violence in the autonomous regions (see the release of 15 September 2008 - http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28550 ).

Bolivia

Journalist Pedro Pérez receives death threats after being assaulted by individuals involved in illegal land sales, three others assaulted in same incident

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 3 March 2009, journalist Pedro Pérez, press chief and news anchor for Canal 15 RTV television station, reported having received death threats via his cell phone and text messages after he was beaten up on 9 February by individuals involved in illegal land sales. The assault took place when Pérez was covering the evacuation of urban lands that had been illegally occupied in the city of Montero, eastern Bolivia.

Bolivia

Residents of the community of Quila Quila assault reporters in Sucre; former official's supporters harass, assault journalists in La Paz

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 9 February 2009, journalist Gonzalo Ibáñez, the director of the "De cabo a rabo" programme, and his camera operator, Rimar Bejarano, were beaten with whips by residents of the indigenous community of Quila Quila, who had been holding a vigil for more than a week in front of the Chuquisaca government buildings to demand approval of their application for legal status. The incident took place in the town of Sucre, southern Bolivia.

Bolivia

Judge orders arrest of man who threatened journalists

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 21 January 2009, criminal court judge Margot Pérez ordered the immediate arrest of social agitator Adolfo Cerrudo for having failed to comply with previous court rulings. Cerrudo has been charged with committing several acts of aggression against journalists, including threatening to rape a reporter for the "La Razón" newspaper.

Bolivia

CAPSULE REPORT: On eve of constitutional referendum, RSF urges politicians and media to act responsibly

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a 19 January 2009 RSF report:

Bolivia

IAPA submits investigations of two unsolved journalists' murders to the IACHR

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 23 December 2008 IAPA press release:

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