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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:19 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - TV crew in Peru threatened in attempt to stop broadcast of report on corruption]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/04/24/prevent_release/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Frequencia Latina TV "Punto Final" programme reported that journalist Roberto Ramírez and his cameramen, Jorge López and Orlando Cánepa, received death threats after broadcasting a video that shows the involvement of the provincial mayor of Talara in acts of corruption.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Peruvian Congress should reject "terrorism denial" law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/04/10/reject_terrorism_denial_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Human Rights Watch, the vague terms in a bill to outlaw terrorism denial “would threaten free speech and impose a chilling effect on legitimate expression, such as criticizing a judicial ruling about terrorist acts or publishing an interview with a person convicted of terrorism.”]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist threatened after broadcasting violent images in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/04/03/sotelo_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Javier Nilo Poma Sotelo, director and presenter of the news program "Huaraz Informa" on Global TV, received several calls on his cell phone in which he and his family were threatened to be killed if he continued to broadcast the violent actions of students on strike at the University of Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Molotov cocktail launched at home of Peruvian journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/03/15/bomb_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín, whose home was targeted in the early morning, said he had been under constant threat since he had denounced corruption in the administration of the former mayor of Yurimaguas, Juan Daniel Mesía Camus.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Photojournalist murdered outside his home in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/26/choy_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 23 February 2013, Luis Choy Yin Sandoval, a photographer for the newspaper <em>El Comercio</em>, in Lima, was killed outside his home by an alleged hit man. The National Police believe that Choy may have known the attacker.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/26/choy_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Arson suspected in fire at Peruvian radio station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/25/radio_paraiso_fire/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 8 February 2013, an alleged arson attack on Radio Paraíso in Olmos burnt down its equipment, leaving it off the air and with losses of approximately 15 thousand nuevos soles (approx. US$5800). The station's manager believes the latest attack is connected to the local mayor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/25/radio_paraiso_fire/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Supporters of impeached mayor attack journalist in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/25/vargas_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Ciro Severo Vargas Sánchez, correspondent for the newspaper Prensa Regional and journalist for Radio Melodía in Huaraz, was attacked by a group of followers of former mayor Óscar Ugarte Salazar. The journalist was seriously injured and his equipment was broken.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/25/vargas_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist shot on his way to radio programme in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/08/yaya_salcedo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 5 February 2013, journalist Juan Carlos Yaya Salcedo was shot by three unidentified men while on his way to the facilities of Radio Max to present his programme "Sin Escape".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/02/08/yaya_salcedo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist stabbed as he leaves TV station in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/01/21/apunalan_periodista/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nixon Solórzano Bernales, host of the program “Alerta Ciudadana", was stabbed as he left the TV station on 14 January 2013. He said his assailant attacked him in retaliation after Solórzano accused him of being involved in a case of domestic violence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/01/21/apunalan_periodista/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Report reveals northern Peru as most dangerous area for journalists
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/01/16/norte_peligroso/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A total of 95 attacks against the press were reported by Instituto Prensa y Sociedad during 2012, 18 of which took place in Lima, the capital, in a tie with the region of Cajamarca, followed by Lambayeque with 16 attacks. With this, the north of the country has become the most dangerous area for journalism in Peru.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2013/01/16/norte_peligroso/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Peru blocks access to national security information]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/12/12/decreto_defensa/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a new decree, the public will not be informed from now on about any information on National Security and Defense and if a journalist reports any public interest information related to National Security and Defense, he or she could be charged with revealing national secrets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/12/12/decreto_defensa/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Peru's government should prevent unlawful killings of protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/09/24/prevent_unlawful_killings/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Peruvian government should act to prevent the unlawful use of lethal force by security forces during crowd-control operations, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to President Ollanta Humala. Fifteen civilians were killed during protests, allegedly by security forces, in the first year of Humala's presidency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/09/24/prevent_unlawful_killings/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Colombian journalists get death threats, reporter sued for defamation in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/19/ten_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At least 10 journalists in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta were threatened with death after disseminating an interview in which a jailed former paramilitary commander alleged links between his organisation and local politicians, news reports said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/09/19/ten_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Political pressure forces radio station to fire journalist in Peru]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/09/14/poveda_mercedes_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Yanina Poveda Mercedes, director and presenter of Radio Swing of Cajabamba program “Con-tacto Informativo”, was fired because of alleged political pressure of four local mayors in the Cajamarca region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/09/14/poveda_mercedes_dismissed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Peruvian journalist reports being kidnapped by self-defence groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/08/30/journalist_kidnapped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Antolín Pinedo Golac reported that he was kidnapped for a day and a half by members of a local self-defence group in the district of Soritor, Peru.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/08/30/journalist_kidnapped/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist gets intimidating calls after covering mining conflict]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/07/24/periodista_recibe/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jacqueline Fowks received two threatening calls of a sexual nature which she believes are related to her comments on the mining conflict in Cajamarca.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/07/24/periodista_recibe/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Five journalists assaulted on first day of state of emergency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/07/05/per_cinco_periodistas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalists were assaulted by police while covering events in Cajamarca a day after a violent episode there left three people dead during anti-mining protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/07/05/per_cinco_periodistas/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Critical journalist attacked and seriously wounded in Cusco]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/22/nunez_atacado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Jaime Alfredo Núñez del Prado Salinas has consistently accused the local mayor of corruption related to municipally-owned sand quarries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/22/nunez_atacado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Radio station owner gets death threats over mining protest coverage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/08/per_amenazan_de_muerte/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Óscar Lino Peralta told Radio Programas del Perú (RPP) that he received a phone call from Vásquez Tinoco accusing him of defaming protest leaders, distorting the truth and receiving money from the miners.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/08/per_amenazan_de_muerte/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Editor, journalist get suspended prison sentences]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/05/sentencian_a_director/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Editor Juan Carlos Tafur and journalist Roberto More were sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 60 thousand nuevos soles (approx. US$ 22,200) for alleged aggravated slander, in a trial that was rife with complaints about due process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/06/05/sentencian_a_director/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist shot in leg after threat from mayor's office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/25/disparan_en_pierna/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/25/disparan_en_pierna/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Newspaper director and editor receive e-mail death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/22/correos_electronicos_amenazan/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/22/correos_electronicos_amenazan/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist receives death threat from alderman]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/16/valdivia_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/16/valdivia_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Court acquits alleged masterminds of journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/14/court_acquits/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/14/court_acquits/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Police investigation points to mayor as mastermind behind journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/11/mayor_possible_mastermind/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/05/11/mayor_possible_mastermind/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Lawyer killed while investigating murder of journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/25/sanchez_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A district attorney investigating the killing of Peruvian journalist Pedro Flores Silva in 2011 was shot to death last week, reports the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS).
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/25/sanchez_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[International - Deadly Week for Journalists Across the Globe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/04/23/deadly_week/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Deadly Week for Journalists Across the Globe
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/international/2012/04/23/deadly_week/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist kidnapped, threatened by rural self-defense group]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/20/periodista_secuestrado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/20/periodista_secuestrado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Prosecutor killed while investigating journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/19/matan_a_fiscal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/19/matan_a_fiscal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Joint submission to UN Universal Periodic Review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/17/joint_submission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19, APRODEH, IPYS and Suma Ciudadana note that during the first UPR cycle, the Peruvian Government received a number of recommendations related to freedom of expression issues.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/04/17/joint_submission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Court quashes defamation conviction on appeal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/29/fachin_sentence_overturned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/29/fachin_sentence_overturned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist warned about potential attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/27/advierten_a_periodista/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/27/advierten_a_periodista/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist's work censored after newspaper is pressured by advertiser]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/13/pereyra_censored/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/13/pereyra_censored/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Radio Campesina in Cajamarca closed temporarily, doubts over motive]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/09/radio_campesina/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:37:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/03/09/radio_campesina/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist attacked after reporting on police officers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/10/per_asaltan_misteriosamente/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/10/per_asaltan_misteriosamente/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist harassed by police after publishing interview with subversive leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Radio presenter attacked after criticising mayor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/monja_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/monja_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Three journalists defamed and threatened after investigating regional president]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/ayacucho_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/ayacucho_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - After publishing document on wiretapping, journalists experience harassment and threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/30/phone_tapping_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/30/phone_tapping_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist receives death threat after reporting on local administration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/27/campos_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moisés Campos received the threat after reporting on the alleged embezzlement of funds by Mayor Corina De la Cruz's administration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/27/campos_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Sentence against blogger overturned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/13/godoy_cleared/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The court decided that the convicting sentence had irremediable deficiencies caused by the lack of coherent and congruent arguments. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/13/godoy_cleared/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Decriminalisation of press offences a major issue in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/05/major_2012_issues/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Decriminalization is urgent in Peru, where a promising reform of the criminal code approved in July 2011 has not yet been enacted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:14:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/15/julca_mendoza_golpeado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Iván Julca Mendoza was assaulted by seven individuals, among them two councillors he is investigating in a case of alleged influence peddling.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist assaulted by individuals associated with mayor; another reports receiving death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/14/tasayco_agredido/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Robert Santillán Ñontol has reported receiving death threats for having questioned the actions of environmental leaders who are protesting against the Conga mining project.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:52:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist receives two-year suspended prison sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/13/torres_montero_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Luis Torres Montero was sentenced for having allegedly defamed politician Rafael Rey in a satirical column published by "La Primera" newspaper. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalists assaulted by police while covering demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/08/golpes_contra_periodistas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Two journalists assaulted during sixth day of protests in Cajamarca]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/02/cajamarca_protestas/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Mob vandalises newspaper office in Huancayo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/12/02/sol_andes_asalto/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist reports being the victim of an attempted poisoning]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/11/30/sanchez_poisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:12:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalists and media outlets targeted while covering protests against mining project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2011/11/29/mining_project_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters have been repeatedly assaulted while attempting to cover events associated with one of the most important general strikes in Peru's recent history.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
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