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Remembering courage International writers and journalists mourn an outstanding colleague: Anna
Politkovskaya |
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One year has passed since Anna
Politkovskaya's murder. We remember her courage and honour her memory.
Those like her who use words to tell unpleasant truths about The world
are never short of enemies who are less discriminating in the choice of their
armoury. We speak on behalf of writers and
journalists, including writers who have been imprisoned for shedding light on
things which those in power wished to keep hidden. On this anniversary we join with all who
remember the murder of an outstandingly courageous and indefatigable
journalist. We expect that her murderers and those who may have ordered her
death will be identified and brought to justice, without fear or favour. We wish that in every country every crime
of violence or intimidation committed against
journalists and writers will be properly investigated and those responsible
brought to justice; because without freedom of expression, without the
possibility to speak one’s mind, humanity is diminished and
other human and civil rights cannot be maintained. We express our deep sympathy to Anna's
family and colleagues, and salute all Russian journalists who, like
ourselves, believe that in her work she lived up to the highest professional
and ethical standards. We will keep following the investigation into
Anna Politkovskaya’s death closely. Her murder was a grave blow to the
principle of freedom of the media everywhere. A cowardly and terrible
murder must, in the name of our common humanity, be answered by
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7 October 2007 PEN-Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland, a member of International PEN Freya
Klier Writers-in-prison
Committee Pen-Centre
for German-Speaking Writers Abroad www.exilpen.de - exilpen@gmx.net Berlin, October 2007 Association of European Journalists William Horsley Media Freedom
Representative Association
of European Journalists London,
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