PEN America Issues Statement on Murder of Investigative Journalist Komarov
June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
NEW YORK, June 21 -- PEN America issued the following statement in response to the death of Ukrainian Investigative Journalist Vadym Komarov, who died on June 20 after experiencing a brutal beating in Cherkasy on May 4 that left him in a coma:
"Every attack on a journalist is an attack on the truth, and an attempt to silence those who would expose it.
"Impunity for murders of investigative journalists begets more murders, and tragically, we are seeing that pl . . .
"Every attack on a journalist is an attack on the truth, and an attempt to silence those who would expose it.
"Impunity for murders of investigative journalists begets more murders, and tragically, we are seeing that pl . . .