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Impunity and the Media
Mass Media and Impunity. This issue includes articles on Digna Ochoa y Plácido, murdered in Mexico for speaking out, "Breaking the silence on the war in Algeria - the fight for truth and reconciliation" by André Jacques, and relfections on "Impunity, the media and Dietrich Bonhoeffer" by Edwin H. Robertson. Charles Villa-Vicencio brings in the South African perspective on amnesty with "Neither too much, not too little justice", Jake Lynch looks at impunity in journalism, "The Red Sea catch: A Palestinian perspective" is an instructive case study put forward by Mitri Raheb of Bethlehem and Cees J. Hamelink shows how "Communication may not build peace but it can certainly contribute to war". Other articles in French and Spanish are also included.
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