Protection for Journalists

Year Published:  1992
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX4383

Abstract: 
The Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists is setting up an early warning system to help protect journalists who may be in danger in Latin America, with Guatemala being the first country the committee is concentrating on. The committee's work is part of an international effort to protect journalists. Since 1987, more than 100 journalists have been murdered in their own countries. The initiative involves a "pro-active" network to anticipate violence toward journalists who appear to be in danger and to get word out to the rest of the world. The thinking, based on experience, is that publicity in other countries acts as a deterrent to those who would kill journalists, often government agents or death squads linked to the armed forces. Through the network, word will be gotten out by phone, fax, or modem to an international network of journalists' organizations.
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