La reportera Nadja Haddad, 24 años, de TV Bandeirantes, fue herida de bala el 29 de agosto durante una confrontación entre la policía y bandidos en el barrio Botafogo en Río de Janeiro. Haddad se encontraba dentro de un automóvil preparándose para cubrir el tiroteo cuando una bala le impactó el hombro derecho atravesándole el pulmón. La periodista se recupera en un hospital local.
Lamentamos el caso de Haddad, cuyo incidente pone de relieve los riesgos a los que se exponen muchos periodistas durante la cobertura noticiosa, dijo Gonzalo Marroquín, presidente de la Comisión de Libertad de Prensa e Información, quien destacó que desde el 2003 la SIP ha impartido cursos de entrenamiento sobre periodismo en riesgo a más de 400 periodistas de las Américas.
Marroquín, director del periódico Prensa Libre, de Guatemala, también expresó su solidaridad con los trabajadores del diario El Sol, de Maturín, en Venezuela, por el asesinato de su director, Edgar Rengifo, el 31 de agosto en un incidente en el que el móvil habría sido el atraco.
Irama Cabrera, jefa de Redacción del diario, localizado en el estado de Monagas, al oriente del país, explicó a la SIP que Rengifo se encontraba en una vivienda celebrando la boda de unos colegas cuando sujetos desconocidos irrumpieron con amenazas y robaron objetos personales a los presentes, tras lo cual dispararon contra el periodista.
Apelamos a las autoridades locales para que investiguen las causas del asesinato y sometan a los criminales ante la justicia lo antes posibles, aseveró Marroquín.
IAPA protests violence against journalists in Brazil, Venezuela
MIAMI, Florida (September 2, 2005)Expressing regret at injuries suffered by a reporter in Brazil and the murder of a journalist in Venezuela the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called on the authorities in the two countries to act promptly to identify those responsible in each case and bring them to justice.
Nadja Haddad, 24, a reporter for the TV Bandeirantes television station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was shot and injured on August 29 during a clash between police and gang members in the citys Botafogo district. She was in a car preparing to cover the firefight when she was struck by a bullet in the right shoulder. The bullet penetrated her lung. She is now recovering from her injuries at a local hospital.
We are appalled by this incident, which demonstrates all too clearly the risks that many journalists are exposed to when covering the news, said Gonzalo Marroquín, chairman of the IAPAs Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information. He recalled that since 2003 the IAPA had conducted training courses on safeguarding life and limb while reporting in situations of risk for more than 400 journalists throughout the Americas.
Marroquín, editor of the Guatemala City, Guatemala, daily Prensa Libre, also offered his sympathy to the employees of the El Sol newspaper in Maturín, in the eastern Venezuelan state of Monagas, for the slaying of the papers editor, Edar Rengifo, on August 31 in what was said to have been an armed robbery.
Irama Cabrera, El Sols news editor, told the IAPA that Rengifo was at the home of colleagues celebrating their wedding when unidentified assailants broke in and, amid threats, robbed those present of personal items and then shot Rengifo.
We appeal to the local authorities to investigate the cause of this killing and bring those guilty to justice as soon as possible, Marroquín declared.
FUENTE: nota.texto7
