New York, April 29, 2010—In the Philippines, political clan members slaughter more than 30 news media workers and dump their bodies in mass graves. In Sri Lanka, a prominent editor who has criticized authorities is so sure of retaliation that he predicts his own murder. In Pakistan, a reporter who embarrassed the government is abducted and slain. In these and hundreds of other journalist killings worldwide, no one has been convicted.Protesters in Manila seek justice in the Maguindanao massacre. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)
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To mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, CPJ is spotlighting 10 emblematic cases in which journalists have been killed with impunity. CPJ is challenging authorities to solve these 10 crimes and send a message that they are committed to reversing the grave problem of impunity in journalist murders.
Ten murders. Not a single conviction.
Yet CPJ research shows that each of these 10 cases can be solved. In many of the cases, specific suspects have been identified; in others, evidence points clearly to potential culprits. In these 10 cases, as in others that CPJ has documented over the past two decades, law enforcement officials have failed to follow leads, interview witnesses, collect sufficient evidence, or bring successful prosecutions.
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