Journalists in Peru suffered 136 attacks and hostilities during 2012, according to a report from the Office of the Human Rights of Journalists at the Peruvian National Association of Journalists, reported the website Perú 21.
According to the report, journalists reported 50 cases of physical and verbal attacks and harassment, 22 judicial pressures, eight obstacles to practicing journalism and five administrative pressures.
The Office also registered four cases of property damage, three arbitrary detentions, three kidnappings and two robberies. The majority of these attacks were committed by civilians (40), 35 by civil servants, 33 by unidentified persons, 22 by police and another six committed by media organizations or managers.
Lima, the capital, was the site of most hostilities, according to the report, as reported by the website RPP Noticias. Coverage of the Conga mining project in Cajamarca and the eviction of a former wholesale market in Lima were the two most dangerous events for journalists in the country, added the report.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
