Journalists killed in Peru since 1992
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Journalist facing charges in Ecuador files for asylum in Peru
April 18, 2017 4:52 PM ET
New York, April 18, 2017--Ecuadoran journalist Fernando Villavicencio, director of the news website Focus Ecuador and a critic of outgoing President Rafael Correa, today filed a petition for political asylum in Lima, Peru. A statement from the regional press group Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) said the journalist, who fled...
Assailants try to cut out Peruvian journalist's tongue
February 8, 2017 3:48 PM ET
New York, February 8, 2017--Peruvian authorities should swiftly bring to justice all those responsible for a brutal attack against broadcast journalist Marco Bonifacio Sánchez, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Unidentified assailants tried to cut off the journalist's tongue as he walked home in the northern Peruvian town of...
CPJ Newsletter: We fight back against defamation, highlight impunity in India, and host an exhibit on Shawkan's works
September 1, 2016 2:00 PM ET
September edition IOC creates mechanism for journalist complaints after CPJ consultation In early August, we welcomed the creation of a press freedom complaints mechanism by the International Olympic Committee. The move followed years of advocacy with the IOC by CPJ and other rights groups to do more to hold governments...
Criminal defamation suits in Peru and Chile could have chilling effect
June 3, 2016 2:20 PM ET
New York, June 3, 2016 -- Two criminal defamation suits filed against journalists by the president of Chile and a Peruvian governor could have a chilling effect on the press in both South American countries, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ calls on Peru to decriminalize defamation as two journalists face court
April 19, 2016 10:14 AM ET
Bogotá, Colombia, April 19, 2016--A Peruvian journalist received a suspended jail sentence Monday and was ordered to pay damages to former President Alan García Pérez after being convicted of criminal defamation, according to news reports....
All but one country in Americas criminalize defamation
March 1, 2016 4:57 PM ET
CPJ releases comparative study of criminal defamation laws in the Americas Lima, Peru, March 2, 2016--An alarming resurgence in the use of outdated criminal defamation provisions to target critical journalists across Latin America represents a danger to freedom of expression in the region, according to a new report released today...
CPJ Newsletter: A year in review
December 26, 2015 8:30 AM ET
Over the past year, CPJ has documented anti-press violations all over the world, cases of journalists killed, imprisoned, abducted, or threatened in relation to their work. You can see all of our coverage at our website, www.cpj.org. But here at CPJ Impact we also highlight those times when CPJ has...
Inter-American Human Rights System, campaigns against defamation laws keep journalists from jail in Americas
December 15, 2015 12:01 AM ET
When a prison guard told Ángel Santiesteban Prats that he would be released from jail on a scorching summer day in July, the Cuban independent writer and blogger decided to ignore him, brushing off the news as a cruel joke. By then, Santiesteban had already spent two years and five...
Peru's Urresti has eyes on presidency despite being charged in 1988 journalist murder
September 17, 2015 12:00 AM ET
Almost 30 years after Peruvian war correspondent Hugo Bustíos Saavedra was shot dead, the suspected mastermind is on trial. The man accused in the murder, Daniel Urresti Elera, plans to run for president. A special report by CPJ Andes Correspondent John Otis...