UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Dominican Journalist
Continuing its campaign to defend press freedom in the face of political or criminal attacks, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the murder of yet another journalist, a
Dominican reporter gunned down just after completing a broadcast on a provincial crime wave.
Juan Andújar, a correspondent with the Santo-Domingo-based daily Listín Diario, was shot dead after a radio broadcast on
a crime wave that has shaken the southern town of Azua.
“By taking a stand against the gangs waging terror, Juan Andújar was carrying out his duty as a journalist and a
citizen,” UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said. “Juan Andújar breached the silence, and we in turn must speak
out. His killers must not benefit from our silence.
“A journalist did not want criminal acts to go unpunished and we must not allow the worst of crimes – the murder of this
journalist – to go unpunished,” he added, calling for everything possible to be done to bring those responsible to
justice.
Mr. Matsuura’s condemnation was just the latest of many he has issued so far this year on the murder of journalists
around the world.