24 February 2006
IAPA LAUNCHES ANTI-IMPUNITY RADIO CAMPAIGN
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is teaming up with the International Association of Broadcasting (IAB) to launch a radio advertisement campaign aimed at pressuring governments in the Americas region to investigate the unsolved murders of journalists.
The "Let's Put an End to the Impunity Surrounding Crimes Against Journalists" campaign consists of a series of two-minute "radio spots" on specific cases that stations in North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean, will be broadcasting in English and Spanish.
The first series of radio spots will only be aired on Spanish-language stations, featuring the cases of Colombian journalists Jaime Garzón and Nelson Carvajal, Mexican reporter Héctor Félix Miranda and Brazilian journalists Ronaldo Santa de Araujo, José Carlos Mesquita and Reinaldo Coutinho da Silva.
The radio advertisements invite listeners to visit IAPA's Impunity website, where they can sign online letters urging governments to investigate journalists' murders and bring perpetrators to justice.
According to IAPA, 290 journalists have been murdered in the Americas in the past 18 years.
The campaign is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
To listen to the first series of radio ads, visit: http://www.impunidad.com/popup/audioroomES.htm
For more information, visit:
- Impunity Campaign: http://www.impunidad.com/
- IAPA: http://www.sipiapa.org
- IAB: http://www.airiab.com/
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