Guatemala

Resolution of the 62nd General Assembly Mexico City, Mexico September 29 – October 3, 2006 WHEREAS several attempts to intimidate independent journalists have been reported in recent months, such as the attack on Vinicio Aguilar, and this represents a setback for freedom of speech WHEREAS none of the complaints of threats or harassment against journalists have been effectively investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES to demand that the administration of President Óscar Berger Perdomo, and in particular the Ministry of the Interior and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, conduct the proper investigations to identify those responsible and bring them to justice, so that these attacks are no longer allowed to go unpunished.