“Violence and crimes against journalists constitute attacks not only against the victims but also against freedom of expression, the right to inform and its corollary, the right to receive information.”įor each case of a missing journalist or the country concerned, Reporters Without Borders has filled out an official form that has been sent with the letter.ġ - María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe (Mexico), missing since 2009 María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe has been missing in Mexico since 11 November 2009. “Enforced disappearances are the consequence of criminal acts that violate several human rights – the right to life, the right to freedom and the right to due process,” Deloire said in the letter. This is the case in Syria, Eritrea, Libya, Iran and Turkmenistan. But there are governments that hold journalists incommunicado in secret locations for months or years on end. In countries such as Mexico and Colombia, missing journalists often covered sensitive subject linked to organized crime or political violence. The perpetrators of disappearances are often unknown. The cases cited in the letter include those of nine journalists who have been missing in Iraq since last year, and 11 Eritrean journalists of whom there has been no news since 2001. In a letter sent today to the chairs of these two working groups, Ariel Dulitzky and Seong-Phil Hong, Reporters Without Borders secretary Christophe Deloire has asked them to open or re-open investigations into these cases and to initiate the relevant procedures with the countries that are breaking international law in this area.
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