"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 […]
"The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP) met with the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo Terrones, to expose the needs of journalists from all over the country. National leaders from Huánuco, San Martín, Amazonas, Loreto, Cajamarca, Tumbes, Piura, Ancash, Puno, Cusco, Junín, Ucayali and Lima held a working meeting with the head of […]
"[The ruling party] Peru Libre issued a statement on Sunday [Sept. 26] opposing that President Pedro Castillo sign the declarations of Chapultepec and Salta, which guarantee freedom of expression and of the press. On Sept. 9, it was reported that the Peruvian Press Council (CPP) invited the president to sign both commitments. In a meeting […]
“Puno journalist Liubomir Fernández denounced that the Popular Action congressman, Jorge Luis Flores Ancachi, tried to bribe him with a 100-soles bill [about US $ 25] to stop interviewing his colleague from the party and also elected by Puno, Carlos Cevallos. 'He gave me a handshake and he was passing me 100 soles and in […]
"The bill that declares of 'public necessity and national interest the fair and equitable distribution of the electromagnetic and radioelectric spectrum in radio, television and other media,' proposed by Congressman Abel Reyes, from Peru Libre, which has the digital signature of Waldemar Cerrón, spokesman for that party, and of Francis Paredes Castro, aims to set […]
“Journalist Hellen Meniz denounced that Franco Pomalaya, a member of the Government Palace press team, attacked her when she sought to get some statements from the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo. [...] According to the RPP reporter, when she sought to get Castillo Terrones' statements along with the other media, Franco Pomalaya began to […]
“At a meeting in the Government Palace, executives of the CPP [Peruvian Press Council] asked President Pedro Castillo to sign the Declarations of Chapultepec and Salta in light of the recent attacks on journalists, the limitations that exist on their daily work. The president stated that he would analyze both documents and that he would […]
"Peruvian authorities should drop criminal defamation charges against journalist Carlos Yofré López and prosecutors should not contest López’s appeal of his conviction in a separate criminal defamation case, the Committee to Protect Journalists [CPJ] said today [Aug. 31]. Both cases allege criminal defamation due to the journalist’s investigative work. In one case, López, a reporter […]