Watch: Paris street temporarily 'renamed' after blogger Avijit
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has temporarily labelled the street name in front of Bangladesh Embassy in Paris after slain Bangladeshi-American secular activist and blogger Avijit Roy marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
The organisation also labelled 11 other Parisian streets after journalists who have been murdered, tortured or disappeared all over the world and the culprits responsible remained unpunished, RSF said in a report on its website.
"The embassy addresses have been changed to draw attention to the failure of these countries to take action and to remind them of their obligation to do whatever is needed to bring those responsible for these crimes to justice," it said.
Threatened with death multiple times before, writer Avijit Roy was brutally hacked dead at Dhaka University premises on the night of February 26, days after he came back to the country.
"This International Day is an occasion for paying homage to the victims and for reminding governments of their obligation to protect journalists and to combat impunity. Those who target journalists will one day be held to account for their actions."
In order to combat impunity, Reporters Without Borders is calling for the appointment of a special representative to the UN secretary-general on the safety of journalists.
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