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…
State television channel attacked in Santa Cruz
DECEMBER 7, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Television Regional Boliviana de Santa Cruz, Canal 7 ATTACKED Unidentified assailants attempted to toss homemade bombs at the offices of Canal 7, a state-owned television station in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, 529 miles (851 kilometers) southeast of La Paz. Security guards thwarted the attack. No one…
BOLIVIA
JANUARY 11, 2005 Posted: February 2, 2005 Giovanna Rodríguez Castro, Bolivisión David Zagardia Muños, Bolivisión HARASSED, THREATENED Rodríguez and Zagardia, members of a news team from TV channel Bolivisión, were harassed and threatened while covering developments during the first day of 48-hour antigovernment protests in the southeastern city of Santa Cruz.
Ataques y amenazas contra medios y periodistas, mientras la crisis política se intensifica
Nueva York, 17 de octubre del 2003–El Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) está sumamente alarmado por los ataques y amenazas contra medios de prensa y periodistas esta semana durante las masivas protestas antigubernamentales que amenazan con derrocar al gobierno boliviano. El miércoles 15 de octubre, atacantes no…
Ataques e ameaças contra meios de comunicação e jornalistas, enquanto a crise política se intensifica
Nova York, 17 de outubro de 2003 O Comitê para Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ), está extremamente preocupado com os ataques e ameaças contra meios de comunicação e jornalistas esta semana, durante os maciços protestos antigovernamentais que ameaçam derrubar o governo boliviano. Na quarta-feira, 15 de outubro, agressores não identificados explodiram os equipamentos de transmissão…
MEDIA OUTLETS AND JOURNALISTS ATTACKED, THREATENED AS POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES
New York, October 17, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed that several media outlets and journalists have been attacked or threatened this week during month-long antigovernment protests that threaten to topple the Bolivian government. On Wednesday, October 15, unidentified attackers blew up the transmission equipment at TV station Canal 13 and Catholic…