Journalist association to march against recurrent death threats

[Judi Lynn]

Journalist association to march against recurrent death threats
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 10:19
Marguerite Cawley

The Colombian Federation of Journalists (FECOLPER) has scheduled a march to protest recurrent death threats made against journalists by criminal bands.

According to Spanish news agency EFE, members of FECOLPER, an organization which represents more than 1,300 journalists, reported Monday that a "march of silence" will take place countrywide on May 3.

Those congregated in the Barranquilla assembly, at which the decision was made, demanded that President Juan Manuel Santos' administration makes "concrete actions to guarantee the life, the physical integrity of the journalists and the right to the free exercise of their profession."

Among other elements, the march is in part a response to a February email sent by the "Aguilas Negras" neo-paramilitary organization's central bloc to a number of journalists, which stated, "It's time to kill and annihilate all the people and organizations that pose as human rights defenders."

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/15700-journalist-association-schedules-protest-march.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. See my comment in LBN, at...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4820087