THE KILLING OF ONE OF US

I said in the last few days that I don't like when newspaper publishers and editors become news in the front page of their newspapers.

Well, one of us, a journalist, a brave journalist was killed in Russia and... many,too many, quality papers around the world did not present this tragic event in their front pages.

Why?

Freedom of the press in crucial.

To ignore such criminal attack, is also a crime.

Timothy Balding, Ceo of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), said: "This is tragic and deeply shocking news. We condemn this as an outrageous attack not only on a journalist but on freedom of the press and democracy in Russia. We call on the Russian authorities to pursue mercilessly the killer or killers and those behind this cowardly act".

He spoke of the "skeptics" who had cast doubt on claims that she had been the victim of attempted poisoning, and observed: "This assassination is terrible confirmation, if any were needed, that she was not inventing her claims that she was constantly under physical threat".

Sadly, Anna Politkovskaya was today in the front page of her newspaper, Novaya Gazeta.

Rest in pace.

Via Maquetadores.