"On October 27, police officers in the southern Peruvian city of Ica raided the Cadena Sur TV station as well as Radio Sistema and Radio La Mega, all three of which are privately owned, following a complaint by Mónica Guillén, the wife of Ica state governor Javier Gallegos, according to a statement by the Lima-based Institute for Press and Society (IPYS)." […]
"Judge Rómulo Chira Cabezas denied the request of the defense representing journalist Paola Ugaz, who requested that the chamber, considering the relevance of the judicial case, authorize two representatives from the Center for Human Rights of the American Bar Association (ABA) to participate as observers in the Oct. 27 hearing... The hearing, which is taking […]
"Eight months have passed without news of the young Peruvian journalist Daysi Mina Huamán, whose disappearance has been included by the international media coalition One Free Press Coalition among the ten most urgent cases to be resolved in the world for attacks and harassment of women journalists. The case of the young journalist, who worked […]
"After launching its membership program to fund investigative journalism in Peru, OjoPúblico signed an agreement with The New York Times Licensing Group - the content licensing division of the New York Times - to publish a selection of stories from The New York Times in Spanish." Read original article (in Spanish)
"A group of police and security agents from Catacaos forcibly apprehended journalist Ralph Zapata, who coordinated the regional edition of Peruvian site Ojo Público, from his home. The police transferred him violently to the La Legua Police Station on the grounds that he had violated the curfew. Ojo Público reported the incident to the authorities […]