Our
alert released yesterday about the landmark decision to convict three Colombian officials in the 2003 murder of radio commentator José Emeterio Rivas is receiving coverage around the world today. The Associated Press has stories in both
English and
Spanish and the Swedish-language
Medie Varlden newspaper has coverage.
The attack of another editor in Sri Lanka is also in the news today with
Agence France-Presse covering the attack on Upali Tennakoon, editor-in-chief of
Rivira, and his wife outside of Colombo.
The Sydney Morning Herald is running the AFP story.
The Oakland Tribune, the paper of slain editor
Chauncey Bailey, has an
editorial today about the importance of press freedom in sustaining democracy as well as updates on the
Chauncey Bailey Project. Bailey was killed in August of 2007 in connection with his investigative work on an alleged criminal organization.