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Started by Bruce Girard
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00
Guatemala (j killed)
Author: Bruce Girard
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00
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This Alert was distributed by the IFEX Clearing House. bg IFEX - News from the international freedom of expression community _________________________________________________________________ ACTION ALERT - GUATEMALA 17 July 1997 Journalist killed along with messenger at radio station SOURCE: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York (CPJ/IFEX) - Norman Homero Hernandez Perez, a newsreader at Radio Campesina in Tiquisate, Escuintla, was shot dead on 16 July 1997 along with Haroldo Escobar Noriega, a messenger at the station. According to information obtained by CPJ, when Hernandez Perez and Escobar left Radio Campesino in the early morning after completing their shift, they were ambushed by a group of heavily armed men who opened fire, killing them instantly. While the motives behind the murder are not known, and while CPJ has no evidence indicating that Hernandez Perez was killed because of his work as a journalist, CPJ is requesting an investigation of the circumstances surrounding this crime. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Send appeals to authorities: -respectfully requesting that they conduct a complete investigation of the circumstances surrounding this crime -asking to be kept informed of developments in the investigation APPEALS TO: His Excellency Alvaro Arzu President of Guatemala National Palace Guatemala City, Guatemala Fax: +502 2 537472/519702/347364/515667/214537/535856 For further information, contact Joel Simon or Juanita Leon at CPJ, 330 Seventh Ave, New York NY 10001, U.S.A., tel:+1 212 465 1004, fax:+1 212 465 9568, e-mail: americas@cpj.org, jleon@cpj.org, Internet: http://www.cpj.org. The information contained in this alert is the sole responsibility of CPJ. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit CPJ. _________________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION EXCHANGE (IFEX) CLEARING HOUSE 490 Adelaide St. W., suite 205, Toronto (ON) M5V 1T2 CANADA tel: +1 416 703 1638 fax: +1 416 703 7034 e-mail: ifex@web.net Internet site: http://www.ifex.org/ _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Bruce Girard Agencia Informativa Pulsar Email: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec http://www.web.net/amarc/pulsar.html Fono/Fax: +593-2-501 180 o 551 674 Fax en Montreal, Canada: +1-514-221-2009 Av. Atahualpa 333, Casilla 17-08-8489, Quito, Ecuador
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