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Impunity - Peru
8 de mayo de 2013 - 20:00
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WHEREAS
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented an exhaustive investigation of 20 years of violence in the country
WHEREAS
the chapter on the media in that report examines how journalists worked under an atmosphere of violence, a campaign of intimidations and continuous threats from terrorist groups and the armed force
WHEREAS
during that period 16 journalists, most of whom had been threatened or detained several times, were killed, and, in the conclusions of the report, the commission asks the Public Prosecutors Office to take criminal action against those responsible for the deaths
WHEREAS
the report gives names and offers evidence about the deaths of Jaime Ayala Sulca, correspondent of the daily La República, and Jaime Bustíos Saavedra, correspondent of the magazine Caretas
WHEREAS
Principle 4 of the Declaration of Chapultepec states: Freedom of expression and of the press are severely limited by murder, terrorism, kidnapping, pressure, intimidation, the unjust imprisonment of journalists, the destruction of facilities, violence of any kind and impunity for perpetrators. Such acts must be investigated promptly and punished harshly
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to express its appreciation for the chapter on the media in final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission whose investigation covers 20 years of violence in the country
to ask Peruvian authorities to take the necessary actions to find and punish those who are responsible for the murders of journalists described in the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions report
to urge the judiciary and the Public Prosecutors Office of Peru to begin the necessary procedures to ensure that the murders of journalists Jaime Ayala Sulca and Jaime Bustíos Saavedra are solved.
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