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Director-General condemns murder of journalist Jan Kuciak in Slovakia
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, urges the Slovak authorities to investigate the killing of journalist Jan Kuciak, in Ve木k谩 Ma膷a, located 50 kilometers from the Slovak capital, Bratislava.
鈥淚 condemn the murder of J谩n Kuciak,鈥 the Director-General said. 鈥淛ournalists have the right to fulfill their mission to inform without fearing for their lives. I call on the authorities to thoroughly investigate this case and bring the perpetrators of this crime to trial鈥.
J谩n Kuciak, a 27-year-old investigative journalist, worked for the news portal Aktuality.sk. He had been investigating issues of tax fraud.
The murder of Mr Kuciak is the first killing of a journalist in Slovakia since the country became a member of the European Union in 2004.
The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organization鈥檚 General Conference of 1997, entitled 鈥溾
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