RAP 21 - MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN MEDIA!

MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN MEDIA!

Through RAP 21 you can now protest ongoing press freedom violations in Africa.

On a regular basis letters protesting violence against journalists, oppressive media laws, and other violations of freedom of expression will appear on the web site.

Through sending a protest letter, you show that you disagree with all attempts to silence the press in Africa.

You can sign the protest letter as an individual, a newspaper or an organisation. You also have the possibility to sign the letter anonymously (see bottom of page).

Kenya

His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki President of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

5 February 2009

Your Excellency,

We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications in 102 countries, to express our grave concern at the murder of journalist Francis Nyaruri.

According to reports, the body of Mr Nyaruri, a reporter for The Weekly Citizen, was found decapitated, with his hands bound and jaw broken on 29 January in Kodera Forest, Nyanza Province, in western Kenya. Mr Nyaruri, who wrote under the name Mong’are Mokua, had been missing for two weeks. He had written a series of articles exposing local police malpractice and disappeared two days after reporting on a corruption and extortion racket allegedly run by a senior police officer. Mr Nyaruri had reportedly received several threats by police officers.

Mr Nyaruri is the second journalist to be killed in Kenya in less than a year, following the death of New Zealand photographer Trent Keegan in May 2008 in Nairobi.

We respectfully remind you that it is the duty of the state to provide an environment in which journalists are able to carry out their professional duties without fear of intimidation. Such incidents foster a climate of fear that inhibits journalistic investigation and can promote self-censorship.

We respectfully call on you to do everything possible to ensure that Mr Nyaruri’s killers are quickly identified and brought to justice. We urge you to ensure that those who kill, attack or intimidate journalists can not do so with impunity.

We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin O’Reilly President World Association of Newspapers

Xavier Vidal-Folch President World Editors Forum

WAN is the global organization for the newspaper industry, with formal representative status at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The organization groups 18,000 newspapers in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and 11 regional and world-wide press groups. WAN is non-governmental and non-profit.

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