"On April 21, 2022, a group of around 50 demonstrators stood outside the home of journalist Ketty Vela. They protested violently against the manner in which she had reported on a strike organized by patrol members and members of the Defense Front. The event happened in Tocache, a province in the San Martín region, in […]
"On April 12, 2022, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo sent a notarized letter to Rosana Cueva, editor and host of the independent TV news magazine “Panorama,” and to José Ignacio Beteta, editor of the independent news website Vigilante, demanding a retraction of recent reporting, according to reports and Cueva, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app. […]
"The Peruvian press denounced that five journalists were attacked on March 8, outside the Peruvian Congress. They were covering the demonstrations around the debate in Parliament on a vote of confidence in the cabinet of ministers. A cameraman from the Latina TV channel was thrown to the ground and his camera was taken from him, […]
"In Plaza San Martín (in Lima, Peru), there were several attacks between those who request the vacancy of the head of state (President Pedro Castillo) and those who defend the current government. They even tried to attack journalists. […] Also, a group of demonstrators in favor of this march tried to attack the press. In […]
"Peruvian authorities must thoroughly investigate a death threat against TV journalist Gastón Medina, bring those responsible to justice, and guarantee his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On February 23, Medina, the owner and news director of the independent Cadena Sur television station in the southern city of Ica, arrived at the station […]
"The Judiciary permanently shelved the last defamation complaint filed by the Peruvian American citizen Miguel Arévalo Ramírez, known as 'Eteco,' in the files of the Anti-Drug Police and the Prosecutor's Office, against Óscar Castilla, executive director of OjoPúblico. In 2016, Castilla published an investigative journalistic series about Arévalo's judicial history. Since 2017, Arévalo filed a series […]
“Their parents were taken from them in 1983, and since then they've asked for the case to be clarified and for justice to be done. 'These are photos that shock me, that always scared me because to me they meant death,' journalist Alicia Retto said, recalling the snapshots of her father, photographer Willy Retto, taken before […]
“La República journalist Liubomir Fernandez was physically attacked and handcuffed by Police in Puno on Nov. 26, while he was covering the takeover of the Huáscar Polytechnic School in Puno. The journalist was broadcasting live and collecting statements from area residents who condemned this action. There was a police contingent on site. The video shows […]
"From [the region of] Huancavelica, [Peruvian] President Pedro Castillo severely questioned some media outlets that–according to him– 'misrepresent reality' for reporting that on his visit this Monday [Nov. 22] to Arequipa, a group of people asked for him to be replaced. Castillo warned that his government will not give "a penny" to media that misinform […]
"On Nov. 18, the Peruvian judiciary added another sentence to Vladimiro Montesinos, the former spy chief of former President Alberto Fujimori, for abducting a renowned journalist in 1992 during the shut-down of Congress and the suspension of democracy. The sentence of 17 years in prison will be added to the more than 30 sentences for […]
"A judge's order from Peruvian businessman and politician César Acuña Peralta negotiates the seizure of the assets of investigative journalist Christopher Acosta Alfaro. The action requests that Acosta report assets in his possession, with which the payment of civil damages that Acuña demands for the alleged crime of aggravated defamation is guaranteed. The complaint is […]
"The Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation against journalist Ernesto Cabral Mejía of OjoPúblico, for committing the alleged crime of unlawful disclosure, punishable by up to six years in prison. This was after 2019 when this news outlet and The Intercept Brasil revealed a series of [alleged] irregular dealings between the defendant for money laundering and […]