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“Let journalists carry out their work without interference or threats”
2:55 CAT | 29 Sep 2020
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Secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) Eduardo Constantino is concerned about the threats and physical attacks to which some journalists have been subjected in the exercise of their profession, calling them an obstacle to editorial independence.
“The country has in recent years seen an alarming escalation in threats, abductions, beatings and intimidation of journalists,” preventing them exercising “editorial independence” in their work, Constantino said in Maputo on Monday at a ceremony marking International Day for Universal Access to Information.
Constantino noted that the situation was not contributing to the country’s prestige abroad.
“Without journalists, there is no journalism. Without journalism, there is no democracy. Without democracy, there is no good governance,” he said. “For this reason, we would like to beg you to let journalists carry out their work without interference or threats.”
If a piece of journalism is thought not to comply with ethical or deontological norms, there are courts, Constantino said, and anyone who finds himself injured or offended by a journalist or media still has “other modalities provided for in the press law”.
“Use” this law “to restore the truth if it is violated, and do not choose threats,” the SNJ secretary general counselled.
By Emildo Sambo
Source: O País
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