Rights group attacks impunity in Mexico

Posted on March 6, 2008 by MexicoReporter

The limited attempts of the Mexican Government to tackle the high levels of violence against journalists testifies ‘to the inability or unwillingness of the Mexican authorities to make the fight against impunity,’ according to Article19, the freedom of expression NGO.
Dr. Agnes Callamard, executive director of the group, said in a statement that the [...]

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Brad Will’s parents announce indy investigation into journo’s death

Posted on March 5, 2008 by MexicoReporter

Kathy and Hardy Will, parents of the Indymedia journalist Brad Will who was shot dead in Oaxaca more than a year ago, have branded the Mexican investigation into the journalist’s death “frustrating and disappointing” for its failure to find those responsible.
Will was shot dead by plain-clothed armed men on October 27th 2006 whilst covering the [...]

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Video: the shooting of Brad Will

Posted on March 5, 2008 by MexicoReporter

It occurred to me that many of you may as yet have not seen the last few minutes of the life of journalist Brad Will – he taped his own shooting. It is strong stuff: be warned. This is a link to the video on YouTube.

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Despite the violence, Mexican authorities stay silent

Posted on February 13, 2008 by MexicoReporter

Despite the murder of three journalists last week, the developing trend of self-censorship amongst the media and the fleeing of one journalist from the country to save his life, both the Mexican Administration and the country’s national Human Rights Commission have remained silent on the issue of press freedom and violence against journalists.

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Mexico still deadliest country in the Americas for journalists, says RWB

Posted on February 13, 2008 by MexicoReporter

Mexico remains the deadliest country in the Americas for journalists with two murders in less than a month, and three disappearances, according to today’s annual report from Reporters Without Borders. Three journalists were murdered last year, and three media workers were shot dead.
Those levels are an improvement on 2006, when nine journalists were killed, but [...]

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Violence against journalists surged this week

Posted on February 8, 2008 by MexicoReporter

The developments in the Lydia Cacho case and her revelations yesterday come in a week when violence against journalists surged again. Last year four reporters were murdered and three disappeared, and 2008 is promising to be as equally violent for members of the profession.

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Supreme Court Judges Were Bribed, says Cacho

Posted on February 8, 2008 by MexicoReporter

The Supreme Court judges who voted that the rights of Lydia Cacho were not violated enough when she was arrested, detained and tortured by Puebla’s police under the orders of Governor Mario Marin were paid off by Marin’s lawyers, according to the journalist.
Cacho made the accusation, which if true promises to scandalize Mexico’s Supreme Court, [...]

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Media independence in Mexico?

Posted on January 29, 2008 by MexicoReporter

This report also appeared in Press Gazette at the end of last year:
The concept of media independence in Mexico is complex. Much of the media is financially dependent on the Government, therefore those media that are considered ‘independent’ are those that do not rely on the state for the lion’s share of their income. The [...]

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Journalist brutally beaten in Chiapas

Posted on January 28, 2008 by MexicoReporter

Militants of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) beat and threatened to kill reporter Edi Darinel López Zacarías on 22 January 2008, according to Mexico’s Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) in San Miguel de Allende.
Following the assault, López Zacarías, who works for “El Orbe”, “Diario de Chiapas” and “Chiapas Hoy” newspapers, [...]

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Video: Loss of news talk show dismays Mexicans

Posted on January 19, 2008 by MexicoReporter

Los Angeles Times: Supporters of journalist Carmen Aristegui say the cancellation of her radio program poses a threat to the country’s move toward greater democracy.

Please click here for the Los Angeles Times news story and its complementing video, courtesy of Mexico Reporter.com

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