Media Call to End Impunity
Article 19 has called for an end to what it describes as the “culture of impunity†surrounding attacks on journalists. The group which promotes the right to freedom of expression says journalists around the world have been very vulnerable to attacks in situations of armed conflict and violence.
During a panel discussion held at the Human Rights Council, Article Nineteen’s Senior Legal Officer, Sejal Parmar said denying journalists their human rights during conflict and violent circumstances had a serious effect on press freedom and the public’s right to know. Journalists in Sierra Leone have been victims of recent physical attacks by politicians and the police. I
In his address to the International Federation of Journalists in May, SLAJ President Umaru Fofana said the war on press freedom had still not ended in the country. Â
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