EDITORIAL – Another messenger dead
Following a scathing report prepared by a special United Nations rapporteur on the human rights situation in the
But while the number of attacks dropped, there was slow progress in catching those responsible for the killings and disappearances, many of which have been attributed to state forces. The most prominent case — the kidnapping of Jonas Burgos — remains unsolved, and he has been added to the long list of the country’s own desaparecidos. The failure to bring the perpetrators to justice has created a culture of impunity that guarantees future attacks.
Last Monday afternoon another journalist was shot dead. Bert Sison, a correspondent of radio station dzAT and a local tabloid in
Unless the perpetrators are caught — both the triggermen and the mastermind — and punished, an unsolved killing emboldens others to commit a similar crime. Too many people in this country think murder is an effective means to achieve a particular end. Little has been done to disabuse them from that idea.
After Alston submitted his report to the UN and the country stood to lose additional aid from the US Millennium Challenge Corp. unless it improved its human rights record, the country saw a significant drop in the number of unexplained killings and disappearances. The
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