The International Day to End Impunity
1 november 2012
November 01, 2012
On November 23 jou
rnalists around the world are celebrating The International Day to End Impunity. Journalists from Philippines acted as initiators. The global network of organizations (IFEX) which confined to defending and promoting free expression supported the initiative.
Every day around the world artists, journalists, musicians, writers and free expression advocates are being silenced, often with no investigation or consequences to their perpetrators. The International Day to End Impunity, launched on 23 November 2011, marks the anniversary of the 2009 Ampatuan massacre in the Philippines, when 32 journalists and media workers were murdered.
The goal of the Day is to achieve justice for those persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression by drawing global attention to the issue of impunity. The Day not only raises public awareness about what creates and sustains a culture of impunity, it also prompts concerned citizens world-wide to take action, make their voices heard and demand justice.
The impunity of crimes against journalists – is a direct consequence of quality of law and order and quality of justice.
Death of journalists: in 2003, journalist of newspaper “Vremya” Bolat Manakov and editor of newspaper “Altyn Gasyr” Nuri Muftakh and in 2004, editor of Internet-newspaper “Navigator” Askhat Sharipzhanov.
In 2007, the Director of Anti-Corruption Department of Republican Newspaper “Zakon I Pravosudie” Oralgaysha Omarshanova disappeared. In 2009, in Kazakhstan Kyrgyz journalist Gennadiy Pavluk was killed.
Persons, who were guilty of death of journalists and assassin's paymasters, they were not found and punished.
Uralsk' journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov, who was suffered from unknown persons (in particular, he named 2012 winner of Peter Mackler Award) is not sure that attackers on him will be found and punished.
23 days, from 1 to 23 November IFEX within scope of campaign will inform about suffered journalists from different countries. There will be a list of journalists from Tunisia, Gambia, Palestine, Mexico, Syria. The campaign will feature an individual every day. One day is devoted to one journalist. On November 06, 2012 the campaign will feature Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist from Uralsk. He was entered in a list of journalists, who suffered from his professional activity.
On November 23 jou
rnalists around the world are celebrating The International Day to End Impunity. Journalists from Philippines acted as initiators. The global network of organizations (IFEX) which confined to defending and promoting free expression supported the initiative.
Every day around the world artists, journalists, musicians, writers and free expression advocates are being silenced, often with no investigation or consequences to their perpetrators. The International Day to End Impunity, launched on 23 November 2011, marks the anniversary of the 2009 Ampatuan massacre in the Philippines, when 32 journalists and media workers were murdered.
The goal of the Day is to achieve justice for those persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression by drawing global attention to the issue of impunity. The Day not only raises public awareness about what creates and sustains a culture of impunity, it also prompts concerned citizens world-wide to take action, make their voices heard and demand justice.
The impunity of crimes against journalists – is a direct consequence of quality of law and order and quality of justice.
Death of journalists: in 2003, journalist of newspaper “Vremya” Bolat Manakov and editor of newspaper “Altyn Gasyr” Nuri Muftakh and in 2004, editor of Internet-newspaper “Navigator” Askhat Sharipzhanov.
In 2007, the Director of Anti-Corruption Department of Republican Newspaper “Zakon I Pravosudie” Oralgaysha Omarshanova disappeared. In 2009, in Kazakhstan Kyrgyz journalist Gennadiy Pavluk was killed.
Persons, who were guilty of death of journalists and assassin's paymasters, they were not found and punished.
Uralsk' journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov, who was suffered from unknown persons (in particular, he named 2012 winner of Peter Mackler Award) is not sure that attackers on him will be found and punished.
23 days, from 1 to 23 November IFEX within scope of campaign will inform about suffered journalists from different countries. There will be a list of journalists from Tunisia, Gambia, Palestine, Mexico, Syria. The campaign will feature an individual every day. One day is devoted to one journalist. On November 06, 2012 the campaign will feature Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist from Uralsk. He was entered in a list of journalists, who suffered from his professional activity.
