Bolivia
2007
BOLIVIA: Reporter attacked while covering protests
JANUARY 12, 2007 Wilson Mencacha, ATB ATTACKED Unidentified assailants attacked Mencacha, a cameraman for the La Paz-based television station ATB, while he was covering clashes between government supporters and antigovernment demonstrators in the central city of Cochabamba, about 140 miles (230 kilometers) southeast of La Paz.
In Bolivia, 11 journalists attacked while covering protests
New York, January 10, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns attacks by protesters and police against at least 11 Bolivian reporters, photographers, and camera operators covering Monday’s violent demonstrators in the central city of Cochabamba. Thousands of demonstrators-including members of the ruling leftist party Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), labor unions, and indigenous groups-took to the…