16 August 2006

TAKE ACTION! BRAZIL: IAPA LAUNCHES LETTER CAMPAIGN FOR SLAIN EDITOR


15 August 2006

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has launched an online protest letter action calling for an end to the impunity surrounding the murder of Brazilian journalist Aristeu Guida da Silva. Da Silva, executive editor of "Gazeta de Säo Fidélis", was murdered on 12 May 1995.

In his newspaper, da Silva repeatedly exposed corruption and the complicity of city commissioners in São Fidélis in robberies and the activities of a death squad, according to IAPA. While the alleged mastermind of da Silva's murder was killed, two others allegedly involved remain at large.

Sign the letter here: http://www.impunidad.com/popup/dasilvaE.htm

For more background information, visit: http://www.impunidad.com/cases/aristeuE.htm



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