IAPA condemns attacks on journalists and media in Peru
This statement was originally published on en.sipiapa.org on 14 December 2022. The Chapultepec Index exposes “a setback” this year regarding the country’s freedom of expression and press freedom The...
View ArticleDozens of journalists harassed, injured amid Peru protests
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 11 January 2023. In response to reports that more than 70 journalists have been harassed and attacked amid anti-government protests in Peru, the...
View ArticleTwo Peruvian journalists injured in hit-and-run
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 11 January 2023. Peruvian authorities must thoroughly investigate a hit-and-run that injured journalists Luis Angulo and Pablo Torres and determine...
View ArticlePeru: Journalists harassed, attacked during week of anti-government protests
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 January 2023. More than a dozen journalists have been harassed, attacked, or injured amid protests in the Peruvian capital of Lima since January...
View ArticleThe unspoken racism behind Peru’s protests
This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 1 March 2023, It is an extract of an article written by Elizabeth Salazar Vega for Connectas, and republished on Global Voices under a...
View ArticleIAPA calls for withdrawal of bill in Peru that punishes media and social media
This statement was originally published on en.sipiapa.org on 20 March 2023. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) described as a “dangerous step backward for press freedom and freedom of...
View ArticleCPJ welcomes conviction in 1988 murder of Peruvian journalist Hugo Bustíos
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 14 April 2023. A Peruvian court on Thursday, April 13, convicted Daniel Urresti – a former presidential candidate, interior minister, and...
View ArticleAn accumulation of lies: Right-wing group La Resistencia stokes anti-press...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 14 July 2023. Journalist Gustavo Gorriti remembers the days – just a few years ago – when people on the streets of Lima approached him to...
View ArticleRSF decries police violence against reporters covering protests in Peru
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 3 August 2023. Nine journalists have been subjected to police violence or arbitrary arrest while covering a new wave of protests against President...
View ArticlePeru’s Manuel Calloquispe faces threats and assaults to expose environmental...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 23 August 2023. By John Otis. Manuel Calloquispe has had to face an angry mob laying siege to his house. He’s been called a traitor. He’s been...
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