The Press and Society Institute (IPYS in Spanish) reported that 14 journalists had been attacked while covering an eight-day miners' strike in Peru.
Correspondents from national media outlets have been targeted for covering the violent acts of opponents against a mining project in the city of Cajamarca, in the north of Peru. Protesters accuse the media of being biased, according to IPYS.
Protesters cursed at reporters from the news network Channel N and pushed a photographer from the newspaper El Comercio.
A mob protesting the new mine threw stones and water at two reporters from the television station ATV, reported Peruvian Radio Programs.
"They shouted 'Sell-out press!' at us and then started to throw small stones and water but the police intervened in time," the cameraman for ATV, Leonardo Dávila told El Comercio.
Recently, the organization Witness posted security recommendations for journalists filming protests that become violent or police repression.
