Report assails violence against journalists in Honduras
Report assails violence against journalists in Honduras
By Tracy Wilkinson
January 30, 2014, 6:00 a.m.
MEXICO CITY -- Since a 2009 coup overthrew the president of Honduras, journalists have been killed, intimidated or silenced with virtual impunity, a new report concludes.
In a country with an extraordinarily high murder rate, at least 36 journalists have been killed in the last four years, the report notes, and rarely has a case been seriously investigated, a suspect arrested or anyone punished.
“In the new climate of fear, few journalists trust the institutions that should shield them from further violence,” PEN International and several partner groups said in an exhaustive, 89-page study released this month.
“Until the Honduran state … prioritize[s] holding violators of human rights to account, impunity will remain the order of the day, and the crimes of the past will continue to foreshadow the crimes of the future.”
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http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-report-violence-journalists-honduras-20140129,0,5460036.story#ixzz2s4FtIxUC