Judicial harassment and threats of violence increase following reports on corruption and organized crime
Inter American Press Association
7 April 2014
"Journalists covering corruption, protests are targeted"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 104th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Government criminalizes denial of terrorist attacks
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 89th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
"Low pay leaves reporters susceptible to bribery"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Journalists attacked for revealing that "police had been extorting smugglers and drug traffickers who operate in the border area between Peru and Bolivia"
Inter American Press Association
23 April 2012
"Peru, notorious for the frequency of attacks on the press"
Reporters Without Borders
26 January 2012
Government introduces legislation to decriminalise defamation
Human Rights Watch
23 January 2012