Well done. The important thing is that you focus on the hazards of truthful journalism and not on the murder, rape and criminality of an MP of AL - Jainal Hazeri. After all Hazeri has the protection of your Nethri.
Lets talk about journalist killings in Timbuktu.
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Farida Majid <farida_majid@...> wrote:
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> In 2002 when our Tipu Sultan (presently with Protom Alo) was one of the winners of CPJ Annual Award for Journalism for being beaten up critically for covering the thuggary of AL MP Jainal Hazari of Feni, I was asked to be his interpreter in New York. It was a rewarding experience and I learned a lot about the hazards of truthful journalism.
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> To: CPJ_Asia@...
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:44:29 -0400
> Subject: CPJ IMPUNITY INDEX: In Asia, journalist killings face endemic impunity
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> In Asia, journalist killings face endemic impunity
> New index highlights countries where murders go unpunished
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> New York, June 1, 2011— Asian countries are significantly challenged when it comes to prosecuting the killers of journalists, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Of the 13 countries on CPJ's 2011 Impunity Index, seven are in the region, accounting for 41 percent of the 251 murders of journalists that have gone unpunished over the past decade. The index identifies countries worldwide where journalists are murdered regularly and governments are unable or unwilling to solve the crimes.
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> The Philippines ranks third, due to the massacre of 32 journalists in November 2009, which is still making its way through the country's troubled legal system. Sri Lanka ranks fourth, an indication that justice is evading journalists under an administration that is struggling to defend its human rights record. Globally, only war-torn Iraq and Somalia performed worse than the Philippines and Sri Lanka.
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> In South Asia, Afghanistan and Nepal rank sixth and seventh, while democracies like Pakistan (10th), Bangladesh (11th) and the world's largest democracy, India (13th) round out the list.
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> "With genuine political will, Asian countries, particularly those democratic South Asian nations which pride themselves on an established rule of law, have it within their grasp to undo this record of injustice and abuse heaped upon their journalists," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator. "The trend toward inaction has been in place for years and it is now time for the region's nations to take responsibility for the problem."
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> Uninvestigated and unprosecuted journalists' deaths have broad implications. "The targeted killing of journalists serves as a silencing message to others, ensuring that sensitive issues are not subjected to public scrutiny," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. "Many journalists who were murdered had been threatened beforehand but were left unprotected. Governments can either address anti-press violence or see murders continue and self-censorship spread."
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> CPJ's Impunity Index shows improvement in Russia, where deadly anti-press violence has waned and authorities have obtained two high-profile convictions. In Mexico, where journalists face huge risks, the country's impunity rating worsened for the third consecutive year, with 13 cases unsolved.
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> The countries at the top of the index—Iraq, Somalia, and the Philippines—registered either no improvements or deteriorating conditions. Iraq, with an impunity rating three times worse than that of any other nation, is ranked first for the fourth straight year. Although crossfire and other conflict-related deaths have dropped in Iraq in recent years, the targeted killings of journalists spiked in 2010.
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> More than 40 percent of the victims included in the index were threatened prior to being murdered, while nearly 30 percent had covered politics. Local journalists were the victims in the vast majority of unsolved cases worldwide. Only about 6 percent of cases on the index involve international journalists slain abroad.
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> "Law enforcement must respond aggressively when journalists are threatened, and it must solve the crimes once reporters are attacked," said Simon. "Otherwise, authorities perpetuate a vicious cycle in which impunity breeds violence and ensures silence."
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> CPJ delegations have met recently with heads of state in the Philippines, Mexico, and Pakistan, and with senior law enforcement officials in Russia, to seek systemic reforms and convictions in unsolved cases. In each instance, top officials pledged to reverse the record of impunity in their countries, but the task is considerable. CPJ research shows that, time and again, entrenched corruption and dysfunction in law enforcement has thwarted justice in journalist murders. Suspects have been publicly identified in dozens of unsolved cases examined by CPJ for the 2011 index, but authorities have been unable or unwilling to gain convictions.
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> CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide
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> Note to Editors: CPJ's annual Impunity Index, first published in 2008, identifies countries where journalists are murdered regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. The 2011 edition includes journalist murders that occurred between January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2010, and that remain unsolved. Only the 13 nations with five or more unsolved cases are included on the index. Cases are considered unsolved when no convictions have been obtained. The index is compiled as part of CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity, which is underwritten by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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> § The 2011 Impunity Index and full report are available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
> § A video profile of an exiled Sri Lankan journalist whose husband's murder remains unsolved, can be viewed here.
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