(IPI/IFEX) – IPI strongly condemns the killing of former radio journalist Didier Aristizabal in the Colombian city of Cali. Aristizabal, 32, a well-know reporter for Todelar and other local radio stations, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on 2 March 1998, as he left the Santiago de Cali University where he taught. There has been […]
(IPI/IFEX) – IPI strongly condemns the killing of former radio journalist
Didier Aristizabal in the Colombian city of Cali. Aristizabal, 32, a
well-know reporter for Todelar and other local radio stations, was gunned
down by unidentified assailants on 2 March 1998, as he left the Santiago de
Cali University where he taught. There has been no claim of responsibility
to date, but IPI fears that Aristizabal may have been killed as a direct
result of his work with the National Police in helping them set up their own
FM news radio station in Cali late last year.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Aristizabal’s death
journalists working in Colombia
Appeals To
H. E. Ernesto Samper Pizano
President of Colombia
Santafe de Bogota
Colombia
Fax: +57 1 289 3377/ 286 7434/ 286 7324/ 287 7937/ 284 2186
email: esamper@presidencia.gov.co
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