Dink’s murder – act of brutal violence:Thomas Hammarberg
20:10 / 05/03/2010
“The media landscape is changing at an unprecedented pace. Ownership concentration, closures of newspapers, cutbacks and de-staffed newsrooms coincide with the outpouring of an extraordinary amount of undigested information on the Internet. Media markets are growing fast, but offer a more superficial coverage. A crisis of journalism is rapidly threatening to become a serious problem for democracy in Europe,” said EU Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg on World Press Freedom Day, CoE website reads.
“Investigative journalism faces other severe problems that need urgent attention — journalists in Europe are still being harassed, threatened and even killed in the line of duty in order to silence the truth. On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, it is impossible not to think of some of Europe’s most prominent investigative journalists who have fallen victim to atrocious acts of violence: Anna Politkovskaya in Russia, Hrant Dink in Turkey, Georgyi Gongadze in Ukraine and Elmar Huseynov in Azerbaijan were all brutally murdered. The four of them showed unmatched courage and personal dedication to revealing the truth about controversial political issues. Their deaths may make other journalists more cautious and cause self-censorship. Governments must demonstrate forcefully that they are prepared to protect the freedom of the media, not only in words, but also through concrete action. No effort must be spared to apprehend and bring to justice not only the actual killers, but also those who ordered these murders,” EU Commissioner stated.
“Investigative journalism faces other severe problems that need urgent attention — journalists in Europe are still being harassed, threatened and even killed in the line of duty in order to silence the truth. On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, it is impossible not to think of some of Europe’s most prominent investigative journalists who have fallen victim to atrocious acts of violence: Anna Politkovskaya in Russia, Hrant Dink in Turkey, Georgyi Gongadze in Ukraine and Elmar Huseynov in Azerbaijan were all brutally murdered. The four of them showed unmatched courage and personal dedication to revealing the truth about controversial political issues. Their deaths may make other journalists more cautious and cause self-censorship. Governments must demonstrate forcefully that they are prepared to protect the freedom of the media, not only in words, but also through concrete action. No effort must be spared to apprehend and bring to justice not only the actual killers, but also those who ordered these murders,” EU Commissioner stated.
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