The issue of impunity affects all Colombian citizens' access to real justice; it is not only a problem for crimes against journalists. Several human rights bodies and non-governmental organizations agree that Colombia dwells in a striking situation of impunity, especially concerning crimes committed during the ongoing armed conflict.
New York, March 23, 2009 -- The already murderous conditions for the press in Sri Lanka and Pakistan deteriorated further in the past year, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in its newly updated Impunity Index, a list of countries where journalists are killed regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. Colombia, historically one of the world’s deadliest nations for the press, improved as the rate of murders declined and prosecutors won important recent convictions.
The conviction of the masterminds of
José Emeterio Rivas' murder did not surprise his colleagues in
New York, January 22, 2009--The convictions of three former public officials on charges
of plotting the 2003 murder of Colombian radio commentator José Emeterio Rivas
represent a historic step forward in the campaign to end impunity in the
killings of journalists, CPJ said today. The
three are the first masterminds to be convicted and imprisoned in a journalist
killing in
September 13, 2007
Posted September 21, 2007
José Emeterio Rivas, Calor Estéreo
KILLED
Two local politicians have been arrested by Colombian authorities in the northern city of Barrancabermeja in connection with the April 2003 Rivas murder, according to press reports.
