COLOMBIA
WHEREAS
the violence sweeping Colombia in the last six months has
cost the lives of six journalists and led to kidnapping, threats
and the destruction of equipment Colombian journalists and the media have been limited in their freedom of expression because of new enabling legislation and court decisions
The 48TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to most energetically condemn the murder of Colombian
journalists and all actions against their well-being
to express solidarity with the heroic struggle undertaken by
Colombian journalists against drug trafficking, the scourge of
humanity to call upon the Congress to strike down decree 2591-9t of the special legislature for legal protection and article 332 of the penal code, and to not pass a new press law or enabling legislation, as this would mean persecution and punishment of the press
to call upon members of the judiciary to demonstrate the division of power, the basis of a democratic state, underscoring
their defense of free speech, one of the most basic human
rights.
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Madrid, Spain
