“What violence took away”: A snapshot of impunity in Colombia

Julio Daniel Chaparro, a journalist for the daily El Espectador, was assassinated on 24 April 1991. In 2011, the statute of limitations for prosecuting his case ran out before the case could be solved. Chaparro is one of 139 journalists in Colombia who died because of their work, and to whom the justice system still owes a response. 

"What violence took away" is a multimedia presentation by the Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) that highlights issues of impunity in the 139 cases of assassinations of journalists in Colombia in the last few decades. Journalist Julio Daniel Chaparro's case is featured in the multimedia presentation as a representation of the silence and impunity that weighs upon journalists as they carry out their work today. 

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