Getting Away With Murder
April 16, 2014 12:01 AM ET
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One Province Illustrates Colombia's Struggle with Impunity
February 12, 2014 1:55 AM ET
The inability to solve journalist murders in Arauca feeds an atmosphere of hostility and intimidation for the media there. By John Otis Gen. Rodolfo Palomino, Colombian police chief, writes a message for a campaign supporting FARC demobilization in Tame, Arauca...
Statute of limitations, the challenge for Colombian justice
April 17, 2012 4:52 PM ET
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...
Attacks on the Press 2009: Colombia
February 16, 2010 12:43 AM ET
h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal; margins:5px;} Top Developments • Provincial journalists face threats from all sides in civil conflict. • Convictions gained in one journalist murder; progress reported in other cases. Key Statistic 2003: Year that national intelligence agents began spying on...
Getting Away With Murder 2009
March 23, 2009 12:15 AM ET
CPJ’s Impunity Index spotlights countrieswhere journalists are slain and killers go free 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...
The long road ahead after masterminds' conviction
January 23, 2009 4:25 PM ET
The conviction of the masterminds of José Emeterio Rivas' murder did not surprise his colleagues in Barrancabermeja, a city in the northern Santander province, where the journalist was shot in 2003. The former mayor's involvement in the crime and his...
In landmark case, ex-officials convicted in slaying
January 22, 2009 4:52 PM ET
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...
Attacks on the Press 2007: Colombia
February 5, 2008 11:36 AM ET
COLOMBIA The national press played a crucial role in exposing illegal paramilitary activities and links between paramilitary leaders and leading politicians. Provincial journalists, working in areas where paramilitaries and other illegal armed groups were prevalent, faced many challenges in trying...