"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 […]
"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 […]