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Senior UN official voices concern at rising attacks on journalists in Peru

The head of the United Nations agency that defends press freedom today condemned the recent murder of an investigative television journalist in Peru, the second such attack in the South American nation in one week.

Paris forum adopts draft UN action plan to improve safety of journalists

Participants at a United Nations forum that met in Paris have drafted an action plan to improve the safety of journalists and ensure that crimes committed against them do not go unpunished.