Journalists demand justice for 22 colleagues murdered in Honduras
Source: Guardian
Journalists demand justice for 22 colleagues murdered in Honduras
Press freedom campaigners say 91% of the murderers enjoy impunity
Roy Greenslade
@GreensladeR
Tuesday 12 April 2016 05.53 EDT
Journalists and defenders of free expression gathered in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, on Monday to demand justice for the 22 journalists who have been murdered in the country since 2014.
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The demonstrators placed coffins at the entrance to the office in memory of the 22 journalists killed during the lifetime of the current government, headed by President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
In those cases, 91% of the murderers continue to enjoy impunity, said C-Libre director and former prosecutor Edy Tabora.
The committee has called for the creation of a specialised unit to investigate “aggression against freedom of expression.” Tabora said there had been 218 attacks against journalists in Honduras in 2015.
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