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Alerts - Uruguay

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Uruguay

IAPA protests intimidation of journalist through Facebook

Roger Rodríguez wrote about retired military officers who founded an organisation to defend fellow officers on trial for torture and murder from 1973 to 1985.

Uruguay

IAPA labels call for imprisonment of journalist, seizure of his book a "surprising step backward"

"Judgments of this kind take us back to the worst times that press freedom has faced in the Americas," says IAPA.

Uruguay

IFJ welcomes legislative changes eliminating "press crimes"

IFJ welcomes the approval of a legislative change that eliminates the risk and punishment that journalists previously faced when reporting on certain individuals, symbols or issues of public interest in Uruguay.

Uruguay

WPFC congratulates Congress for approval of bill eliminating crime of insult, decriminalising defamation

In a letter to the President of Uruguay's House of Representatives, WPFC congratulated him for the approval of a historic bill that eliminates the crime of insult and decriminalizes all forms of defamation.

Uruguay

IAPA condemns conviction of journalist

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today expressed concern at a conviction by a Uruguayan court of another journalist, calling it a direct consequence of the existence of "outdated criminal laws".

Uruguay

WPFC urges House of Representatives to pass a bill decriminalising defamation

(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a 27 March 2009 WPFC letter to the House of Representatives:

Uruguay

Senate approves modifications to Press Law

(AMARC/IFEX) - The Uruguayan Senate has approved a bill that provides for modifications to several articles of the country's press law, in addition to articles in the Criminal Code. The modifications include significant elements affecting defamation and the offence of "insult to authorities" (desacato).

Uruguay

Government approves 38 community radio broadcasting licences

(AMARC/IFEX) - AMARC is celebrating the Uruguayan government's approval of licences for 38 community radio stations. This includes the licencing of several historic community-based stations that have been broadcasting without authorisation due to the lack of an adequate legal framework. AMARC also welcomes the application of open and transparent procedures for the awarding of new commercial broadcasting licences and expresses its satisfaction with the inclusion of citizen participation mechanisms throughout the process.

Uruguay

Government approves access to public information law

(AMARC/IFEX) - On 17 October 2008, the Uruguayan government approved an access to public information law (Ley de Acceso a la Información Pública N°18.381) which had previously been unanimously approved by the Uruguayan parliament in early October. The complete text of the law can be found at: http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/leyes/2008/10/EC1028-00001.PDF (Spanish only).

Uruguay

Government ministers sign bill to decriminalise various elements that limit freedom of expression

(AMARC/IFEX) - On 29 September 2008, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros), President Tabaré Vázquez and all his ministers signed a bill that will modify Law 16099, known as the Press Law, and articles 138, 173 and 336 of the Criminal Code in order to eliminate the crimes of "insult" and "defamation" in cases of public interest and the crime of "insulting national symbols", among others.

Uruguay

New law governing broadcasting licences will limit media concentration, guarantee equality of access, transparency

(AMARC/IFEX) - AMARC welcomes the Uruguayan government's decision to apply new mechanisms for the granting of broadcast licenses with the objective of providing for greater transparency and equal opportunity in access to media outlets.

Uruguay

Community radio station wins in case brought against it by association of private radio stations

(AMARC/IFEX) - In 2006, the Radio Broadcasters Association of the Interior (Asociación de Radios del Interior, RAMI), acting in the name of the privately-owned radio stations it represents, accused the La Quimera (106.9 FM) community radio station of carrying out illegal activities. La Quimera is based in Atlántida, in the department of Canelones.

Uruguay

Community stations given unprecedented access to digital television frequencies

(AMARC/IFEX) - The Uruguayan communications regulatory body, URSEC (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicación), has announced that nine Ultra High Frequency (UHF) bands will be allocated for land-based, open digital television services. In an unprecedented move in terms of equal access to media sources, three of the nine bands were reserved for community television stations. Four of the remaining six channels will be allocated to the private sector, and two will be granted to publicly-owned television stations.

Uruguay

Bill eliminating "insult to authorities" laws and decriminalising defamation welcome but needs improvements, says WPFC

(WPFC/IFEX) - The following is a 15 July 2008 WPFC letter to President Tabaré Vázquez:

Uruguay

Government to introduce bill decriminalising "insult to authorities" and defamation, in line with freedom of expression coalition recommendations

(AMARC/IFEX) - President Tabaré Vázquez's government has taken up as their own a proposal by various non-governmental organisations and experts to decriminalise the offences of "insult" and defamation, thereby improving Uruguay's legislation and bringing it into line with international human rights standards. In a few days a bill to accomplish that will be brought before parliament by the Education and Culture Minister. If passed, it will amend various articles in the Press Law and the Criminal Code.

Uruguay / Argentina

Inter-American court ruling on Argentine defamation case double-edged, warns IAPA; Uruguayan journalist convicted for truthful reporting

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 4 June 2008 IAPA press release:

Uruguay

State bank punishes newspaper for critical article by withdrawing official advertising

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an IAPA press release:

Uruguay / Bolivia / Cuba

Cuban website founder denied travel permit; Uruguayan journalist threatened; more Bolivian journalists mistreated

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 6 May 2008 IAPA press release:

Uruguay / Gender

Government urged to protect newspaper editor and her children who have been receiving threats

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is concerned for the safety of Marlene Vaz, a journalist based in the northeastern town of Río Branco, and her family, who have been harassed as a result of her reporting the theft of a large consignment of sport shoes involving the Río Branco police in early 2006. The threats have stepped up in recent days as Vaz appeals against her five-month suspended prison sentence for allegedly libelling the police in the weekly she edits, the Río Branco-based "Opción Cero".

Uruguay

Gun attack on Tacuarembó radio journalist's daughter; perpetrators swiftly convicted, imprisoned

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an IAPA press release:

Uruguay

Senate approves Community Broadcasting Bill

(AMARC/IFEX) - In a groundbreaking move for freedom of expression in Latin America, on 14 November 2007 the Uruguayan Senate approved a Community Broadcasting Bill that formally acknowledges the existence of and regulates community radio and television stations. The draft law had previously been approved by the House of Representatives in May.

Uruguay

Senate must approve Community Broadcasting Bill, says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:

Uruguay

Congress approves draft law on community broadcasting

(AMARC/IFEX) - The following is a 6 June 2007 AMARC press release:

Uruguay

Journalist loses appeal, condemned to three months in prison for libel of businessman

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 9 May 2007 IAPA press release:

Uruguay

New procedures required in the allocation of broadcast licences to avoid political abuse, says AMARC

(AMARC/IFEX) - The following is an 8 May 2007 AMARC press release:

Uruguay

Editor assaulted in Montevideo by suspected drug trafficker following death threats to editor and family

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF calls for protection for journalist César Casavieja, founder and editor of the weekly newspaper "Señal de alerta", who received death threats and was later assaulted after publishing a photo of a man suspected of drug-trafficking.

Uruguay

IACHR rapporteur calls for swift passage of law recognising community media

(AMARC/IFEX) - The following is a 19 December 2006 AMARC press release:

Uruguay

Journalist receives death threats from soldiers "nostalgic for the military dictatorship"

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF condemns death threats sent by e-mail the first week of October 2006 to freelance journalist Alfonso Lessa by a person calling himself a "soldier in active service" who took issue with what Lessa has said about the army. Lessa writes for the Montevideo-based daily "El País" and also works with Canal 12 television station.

Uruguay

Supreme Court reinstates criminal libel verdict against journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:

Uruguay

Journalists assaulted upon questioning general about human rights violations during dictatorship

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 13 September 2006, a group of journalists was assaulted by unidentified persons when they attempted to approach General Gregorio Álvarez, de facto president of Uruguay in the seventies and eighties during the military dictatorship. The incident took place following a ceremony honouring a retired army colonel, in the premises of the Military Club in Montevideo.

Uruguay

IAPA concerned at jail sentence for journalist on libel charge

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an IAPA press release:

Uruguay

RSF urges government to shed light on suspicious theft of journalist's documents

(RSF/IFEX) - Important and confidential military documents were stolen from investigative journalist Eduardo Preve, of the TV news station Canal 10, in Montevideo on 26 March 2006, three days after he had received them from a source. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Uruguayan government to pledge to shed light on the suspicious theft.

Uruguay

Journalist's documents for murder investigation stolen

(IPYS/IFEX) - In the early morning of 26 March 2006, Canal 10 television channel journalist Eduardo Preve was robbed of several documents related to his ongoing investigation of the murder of chemist Eugenio Berríos, which took place in 1993. People linked to the dictatorial governments which ruled in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay during the 1980s were allegedly involved in the murder.

Uruguay

Interior minister assigns bodyguards to journalist who was kidnapped, beaten and threatened

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned the abduction of radio and TV presenter Marcelo Borrat on 17 October 2005 in Montevideo by hooded assailants who threatened and beat him before letting him go.

Uruguay

Journalist assaulted and threatened by armed individuals

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a 19 October 2005 IAPA press release:

Uruguay

Two journalists receive death threats

(RSF/IFEX) - On 24 May 2005, Marcelo Borrat and Gustavo Martínez received death threats. The journalists co-host "The Hippocrates Oath", a programme that broadcasts on AM Libre 1410 radio station and TV Libre.

Uruguay

Investigative journalist receives death threats

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is concerned for the safety of Pablo Fernández, a contributor to Radio 41 and the daily "Primera Hora". On 18 March 2005, the journalist received death threats in San José, southern Uruguay.

Uruguay

Police raid journalist's home

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 10 February 2005 IAPA press release:

Uruguay

Journalist given five-month suspended prison sentence

(IAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 23 December 2004 IAPA press release:

Uruguay

Journalist receives death threats

(PFC/IFEX) - On 29 September 2003, during the "TV Libre" television programme, journalist Julio Toyos announced that he had received death threats because of an investigation he was conducting into alleged police links to a mafia ring in the city of Paysandú.

Uruguay

Journalist handed seven-month suspended prison sentence for defamation and libel

Uruguay

Radio journalists harassed by ruling party in Maldonado

Uruguay

Montevideo Mayor's Office attacks weekly publication

Uruguay

Journalist receives death threats

Nicaragua / Uruguay

IAPA welcomes bill opening access to information in Uruguay, decries increased penalties under insult law in Nicaragua

Uruguay

Draft law sets limitations and penalises community radio stations

Uruguay

Community radio stations shut down

Uruguay

AMARC reacts to closure of local radio stations, asks Communication Services Regulatory Division to explain its administrative policy

Uruguay

Raid on community radio station

Uruguay

IAPA calls for probe into placement of advertisements, protests campaign against journalist

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