Day of the Dead 2024
Cause of Death : Impunity
31 October 2024: PEN International launches its Day of the Dead campaign to honour journalists murdered in Latin America over the past year. Between 31 October and 13 November 2024, we will remember media editors, columnists and journalists who were killed in possible connection with their work.
From 2 November 2022 to date, PEN International has documented the murder of at least twelve journalists in the region: 5 in Mexico, 3 in Colombia, 2 in Guatemala, and 2 in Honduras.
PEN International believes that many of these attacks were reprisals for their reporting on corruption, environmental issues, organised crime, drug trafficking and public security.
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PEN members, writers, journalists and other interested parties are invited to take action on or around the Day of the Dead - between 31 October and 13 November 2024, urging the governments of Mexico, Honduras, Colombia and Guatemala to make substantive progress in investigating journalist murders, and raising awareness about their killing, in connection to their work.
Please download the profiles of the murdered journalists, and share them on your social media profile.
Víctor Alfonso Culebro Morales
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This campaign by PEN International and its Latin American Centres is being launched as part of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed globally each year.
In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its first resolution on the safety of journalists, designating November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Since then, human rights organisations worldwide have urged Member States to take concrete measures to prevent attacks on journalists, bring those responsible to justice, ensure victims' right to redress, and create a safe environment in which journalists can carry out their work independently and without interference.
PEN International urges the governments of Mexico, Honduras, Colombia and Guatemala to make substantive progress in investigating journalist murders. Authorities must allocate sufficient resources to break the cycle of impunity for crimes against journalists.
Note to Editors:
For more information, please contact Alicia Quiñones, Head of the Americas Region at PEN International, email: alicia.quinones@pen-international.org; or Sabrina Tucci, Communications and Campaigns Manager at PEN International, email: sabrina.tucci@pen-international.org
