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Alerts - Peru

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Peru

Journalist shot in leg after threat from mayor's office

Ramiro Muñoz Terrones, who had been threatened a few days earlier by an official who is the mayor's right hand man, suffered a bad wound on his calf as a result of the shooting, which he says was an attempt to intimidate him.

Peru

Newspaper director and editor receive e-mail death threats

The journalists believe the death threats are a response to the newspaper’s position regarding the presence of some consultants, officials and a group of powerful businessmen close to Mayor Zevallos.

Peru

Journalist receives death threat from alderman

Journalist Bequer Bejarano Valdivia, director of Channel 35 program Alerta, reported to the governor of Huánuco that he has received death threats from an alderman in the municipality, Clever Zevallos Fretel.

Peru

Court acquits alleged masterminds of journalist's murder

The Third Criminal Court issued the definitive sentence in the trial of the 2004 murder of journalist Alberto Rivera Fernández, acquitting the former mayor of Coronel Portillo, Luis Valdez Villacorta, and his former municipal administrator, Solio Ramírez Garay, both previously accused of being the masterminds behind the crime.

Peru

Police investigation points to mayor as mastermind behind journalist's murder

According to the police report No. 038-211 prepared by SEINCRI, Mayor Rivera Huerta ordered the murder because of the journalist’s criticisms of a series of municipal works.

Peru

Journalist kidnapped, threatened by rural self-defense group

Journalist Éler Alcántara Rojas was held by a group of ‘ronderos’ who humiliated and threatened to hurt him if he did not change his reports to favor their struggle against the Conga mining project.

Peru

Prosecutor killed while investigating journalist's murder

Although the police have not been able to link prosecutor Sánchez Colona’s murder to that of journalist Flores Silva, the deputy prosecutor of Casma, said that the investigation into Flores Silva’s murder was Sánchez Colona’s main case. The police were due to complete their report this week.

Peru

Court quashes defamation conviction on appeal

“This is unquestionably a victory for freedom of information and we hail Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín’s tenacity in the face of all the pressure put on him,” Reporters Without Borders said.

Peru

Journalist warned about potential attack

Lenin Quevedo Bardález, news editor of the digital newspaper "Voces", reported in one of his articles that he may be the victim of an attempt on his life by police officers who were involved in a robbery and whom he had named in a previous article.

Peru

Journalist's work censored after newspaper is pressured by advertiser

Jorge Pereyra Díaz's weekly column, "A Fuego Lento", often criticized the Yanacocha company and the Conga mining project that the company is in charge of. A newspaper executive told him unexpectedly that his contributions would not be published any more.

Peru

Radio Campesina in Cajamarca closed temporarily, doubts over motive

Some of Radio Campesina's journalists, who preferred not to reveal their names, told IPYS that the real motive for the station's closure is to pressure some of the programs not to broadcast certain types of news.

Peru

Journalist attacked after reporting on police officers

Oscar David Rodríguez Martínez believes the attack is connected to his reports about a group of police officers who are being prosecuted for their alleged connection to criminal mafias.

Peru

Journalist harassed by police after publishing interview with subversive leader

After he published the interview, Carlos Infante said that the former defense minister accused him of belonging to Sendero Luminoso (a terrorist group) and using his position as a journalist to act as a sounding board for terrorism.

Peru

Radio presenter attacked after criticising mayor

Carlos Monja Timaná, presenter of the Radio Limón program "El Investigador", was attacked by two individuals, one of whom allegedly works for the Olmos district municipality.

Peru

Three journalists defamed and threatened after investigating regional president

The journalists told IPYS that after they published the reports, mass circulation emails were sent in which their reputations were damaged and they were accused of belonging to the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso.

Peru

After publishing document on wiretapping, journalists experience harassment and threats

IPYS condemns the harassment suffered by these journalists and demands that the authorities identify and sanction whoever is responsible for the threats against the ATV+ investigations team.

Peru

Journalist receives death threat after reporting on local administration

Moisés Campos received the threat after reporting on the alleged embezzlement of funds by Mayor Corina De la Cruz's administration.

Peru

Sentence against blogger overturned

The court decided that the convicting sentence had irremediable deficiencies caused by the lack of coherent and congruent arguments.

Peru

Journalist reports being assaulted by municipal councillors he is investigating

Iván Julca Mendoza was assaulted by seven individuals, among them two councillors he is investigating in a case of alleged influence peddling.

Peru

Journalist assaulted by individuals associated with mayor; another reports receiving death threats

Robert Santillán Ñontol has reported receiving death threats for having questioned the actions of environmental leaders who are protesting against the Conga mining project.

Peru

Journalist receives two-year suspended prison sentence

Luis Torres Montero was sentenced for having allegedly defamed politician Rafael Rey in a satirical column published by "La Primera" newspaper.

Peru

Journalists assaulted by police while covering demonstration

The journalists were covering an action against the building of an extension for a prison, which left one person dead and a number of wounded in the province of Cañete.

Peru

Two journalists assaulted during sixth day of protests in Cajamarca

Ronald Arcila, of Canal N, and Luis Mego Díaz, of América TV, were assaulted while they were covering the general strike against the Conga mining project.

Peru

Mob vandalises newspaper office in Huancayo

Individuals believed to be relatives of police officers targeted "El Sol de los Andes" because it had reported on links between the local police and criminal gangs.

Peru

Journalist reports being the victim of an attempted poisoning

Marco Bonifacio Sánchez said he does not know who would want to harm him but noted that he has recently broadcast serious allegations about local police officers.

Peru

Journalists and media outlets targeted while covering protests against mining project

Reporters have been repeatedly assaulted while attempting to cover events associated with one of the most important general strikes in Peru's recent history.

Peru

Radio reporter shot in Cajamarca province

Robert Jennier Carrasco Huamán, a reporter for "Habla el Pueblo", was seriously injured after he was shot in the back by two men on a motorcycle.

Peru

Politician's sister threatens and assaults journalist

The incident took place after Miguel Meza Nieto published a series of reports about Raúl Barreto Topalaya, the Peruvian National Party's coordinator in Junín.

Peru

Constitutional court rules against "El Comercio" newspaper

IPYS says the ruling goes against the right of reply and freedom of expression.

Peru

Journalist handed suspended prison sentence

Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín was found guilty of defamation after he published articles about alleged misuse of public funds.

Peru

Journalist shot after reporting on police corruption

Feliciano Gutiérrez Suca was shot in the left leg, presumably in an effort to silence his reporting about corruption among police officers in the Puno region.

Peru

Protesters assault journalist, damage and seize equipment

A group of protesters who oppose the Conga mining project attacked journalist Edwin Alzamora Vásquez, an employee of the mining project's communications department.

Peru

Public servant assaults journalists

Mayra Azan and Henry Sánchez were assaulted by Andrés Salas Del Águila because they videotaped him using government property for an event organised by his relatives.

Peru

Journalist Paul Garay acquitted

A division of the Supreme Court of Lima acquitted the journalist of the defamation charges for which he had been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Peru

Journalist fired after criticising mayor

Yanina Póveda Mercedes had been critical of the Cajabamba mayor's administration, denouncing alleged irregularities by the municipal police and in the sale of construction materials.

Peru

Drunken congressman attacks journalists

After the incident, Congressman Rubén Coa Aguilar fled through the back door with two women who were accompanying him.

Peru

Thugs assault, threaten investigative journalist

Carlos Camacho Sánchez believes the assault is related to a series of reports he prepared that included corruption allegations against the mayor of the district of Jesús María.

Peru

Journalists receive death threat after investigating local councilor

Luis García Heras and Sandro Malca Baca produced journalistic reports showing how councilor Estrella Pizarro had allegedly favored a particular events promoter that received a contract to organize a dance.

Peru

Journalist assaulted by mayor

Silvana Núñez was assaulted by the mayor of Chala, Agustín Condori, after she videotaped him drinking in a restaurant during working hours.

Peru

Journalists receive death threats via leaflets left at their homes

Segundo Alvines and Braulio Rojas received the threats after reporting on corruption allegations involving the municipality of Bagua.

Peru

Newspaper editor, correspondent given two-year suspended prison sentences

Fritz Du Bois and Gessler Ojeda Mercado of the newspaper "Perú 21" were charged with defamation for publishing allegations linking a politician's family to the prostitution business.

Peru

Suspects arrested in journalist's murder

Nevertheless, IPYS insists that the police continue the investigation and arrest the people behind the murder of all three journalists.

Peru

Journalist killed in Chincha

José Oquendo Reyes had not received any death threats but had been critical of the provincial mayor on his programme.

Peru

Demonstrators beat journalist, confiscate camera

Weston Jacson Ibarra Méndez was attacked while covering a judicial procedure involving the mayor of the town of Chiquián.

Peru

Journalist shot dead in Nuevo Chimbote

Pedro Alonso Flores Silva had been receiving threats from unidentified persons that may have been connected to his investigations into corruption.

Peru

Journalist informed of plan to kill her

Ketty Vela said that a hit man told her that he had been hired to kill her, but that he refused to carry out the hit.

Peru

Journalist assaulted by mayor and his bodyguards

Pompilio Peña Ríos sustained injuries to his ribs and wrist, inflicted by the Balsapuerto mayor and his bodyguards, after Peña Ríos asked him about unpaid bills for radio advertisements.

Peru

Huaraz journalist receives death threat

Humberto Espinoza Maguiña believes the threat is linked to his investigations and criticisms of the regional government, the judiciary and the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Peru

Congressional Committee violated privacy of journalists who denounced corruption scandal

In 2008, telephone companies were asked to hand over the phone records of journalists Fernando Rospigliosi, Laura Puertas, Fernando Ampuero and Pablo O'Brien, who were reporting on the "Petroaudios" scandal.

Peru

Electoral council sues newspaper editor

Uri Ben Schmuel is facing a lawsuit because allegedly he failed to include all the technical information associated with a survey published in his paper.

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