IAPA to celebrate Press Freedom Day in Colombia pg. 22

By: Mark Fitzgerald Leaders of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will mark World Press Freedom Day May 3 in Bogota, Colombia, by presenting the results of their investigation into unpunished crimes against journalists.
The presentation, which will take place under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will concentrate on two cases IAPA investigated in Brazil: the 1977 assassinations of journalists Zaqueu de Oliveira and Aristeu Guida da Silva. The aim, the association says, is to convince government authorities to reopen these cases and prosecute offenders. In the case of de Oliveira, a new judge has already been assigned to the case.
"More than 200 journalists have been killed in the past decade, and in the great majority of these cases, there have been no conclusions. But at the same time, we are encouraged by the positive reception in Brazil to the results of our independent investigations," says IAPA president Jorge Fascetto of El Dia newspaper in La Plata, Argentina.
In addition to Fascetto, the IAPA delegation to Colombia will include Alberto Ibarg?en, publisher of The Miami Herald; Danilo Arbilla, publisher of Hoy in Montevideo, Uruguay; Robert Cox, assistant editor of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.; Julio Mu?oz, IAPA executive director; and Carlos Molina, the association's free press affairs coordinator.
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