The Mauritian Sunday Times newspaper has apologised for publishing photographs of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey's body after she was found murdered in her hotel room.
The paper's director, General Imran Hosany, said the motive was not sensationalism but was "to recall that such a heinous crime remained unpunished".
Mrs McAreavey, 27, from Co Tyrone, was killed in her room at the Legends hotel in Mauritius in January 2011.
She had been on her honeymoon with her husband, John. The photographs of her body were taken at the crime scene in her hotel room.
Last week, two former workers at the hotel were found not guilty of her murder.
Mauritian police raided the newspaper offices in Port Louis in search of the photographs.
Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the actions of the Mauritian Sunday Times in publishing the photographs were "callous and unjustifiable".
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny also condemned the move.
The McAreavey and Harte families' statement added: "The Mauritian authorities need now to match their words with actions and ensure that insensitive reporting by newspapers within their jurisdiction does not further exacerbate the violation of Michaela and the hurt to John."
A spokesman for the Harte and McAreavey families said: "The hurt the newspaper has caused over the past 48 hours cannot be undone.
"As an editor, he made a calculated decision to use photographs and images that no responsible media outlet would have touched.
"He further exacerbated his actions by printing an inexcusable editorial in a feeble attempt to justify what was wholly unjustifiable."