Provincial journalist convicted of defamation
MAY 22, 2007 Rocío Vásquez Goicochea, Investigando Chimbote LEGAL ACTION The Fifth Criminal Court of Lima convicted Vásquez, director of the weekly Investigando Chimbote in the northeastern Áncash region, of defamation, the journalist told CPJ. Vásquez was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay 3,000 soles (US$900) as civil reparation to local…
Haitian radio journalist shot to death
New York, May 18, 2007—Haitian authorities must conduct a prompt and thorough investigation into the murder of radio journalist Alix Joseph, who was gunned down on Wednesday night in the northern city of Gonaïves, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is investigating possible links between Joseph’s murder and his professional work. At 9:30…
In Mexico, second grenade attack against northern newspaper
New York, May 17, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Wednesday’s grenade assault outside the offices of Cambio de Sonora, the second explosive attack in the last month against the Hermosillo-based daily. At 3:35 p.m., a grenade exploded in Cambio de Sonora’s parking lot in Hermosillo, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) northwest of Mexico City,…
CPJ urges Colombia to probe tapping of journalists’ phones
New York, May 15, 2007— The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Colombian authorities today to fully investigate the illegal tapping of journalists’ telephone lines. The government acknowledged on Monday that the national police have improperly listened in on the telephone conversations of public officials, opposition members, and journalists.
Ecuadoran President Correa should drop libel suit
New York, May 15, 2007—Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa Delgado should immediately drop a criminal defamation complaint filed against a top newspaper executive over a critical editorial, and he should help bring the country’s press laws into compliance with international standards on free expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Mexican TV news crew missing since Thursday
New York, May 14, 2007— TV Azteca Noreste reporter Gamaliel López Candanosa and camera operator Gerardo Paredes Pérez went missing on Thursday in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating possible links between their disappearance and their professional work.
MEXICO: Colleagues of journalist who was shot receive death threats
AUGUST 5, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 Edwin Meneses Santiago, El Seminario del Istmo Daniel Pérez Espinoza, El Seminario del Istmo THREATENED Meneses, a reporter for the Salina Cruz-based weekly El Semanario del Istmo, and Pérez, the paper’s deputy director, told CPJ they received repeated telephone threats during the days that followed the August 5…
COLOMBIA: Photographer threatened after denouncing police attack
MAY 9 and 10, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 José David Martínez, Vanguardia Liberal THREATENED Martínez, a photographer for the Bucaramanga-based daily Vanguardia Liberal, received two telephone threats after giving a sworn statement to the attorney general’s office on a February police attack against him. Bucaramanga is in the western province of Santander.
In meeting with Mexican ambassador, CPJ urges action on press attacks
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2007—Mexico’s federal government must take concrete steps to protect press freedom and prosecute those responsible for crimes against the press, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a meeting Tuesday with the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan Casamitjana.