Attack on freedom of expression: APRA party, in government, ordered to take control of radio station in Bagua

The Government of Peru, led by the genocidal group APRA, today canceled the operating license of radio station "Voice" of the jungle province of Utcubamba, who was accused by official policies have promoted violence in the Peruvian Amazon. The APRA station's spokesman, RPP, reported that the measure was taken by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications pursuant to a resolution issued on June 8. That resolution came days after the slaughter carried out by troops of the APRA party against indigenous forest, which have already caused dozens of deaths and hundreds missing.

Journalist Carlos Flores, representative of the station, said that the cancellation of the license took place this morning. According to their statements, the station today received a letter ordering the closure on the grounds because they "not sending documentation to time with respect to the approval of radio equipment." Flores said the government seeks to "silence" the radio reported the details of the massacre that occurred in the town of Bagua, where violent clashes occurred. Representatives of the ruling APRA, including the Minister of Interior, Mercedes Cabanillas, accused radio "Voice" and flowers to support and motivate violence in Bagua.

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