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Transparency needed in investigation into Mexican photographer's murder

29 April 2013
ARTICLE 19

Daniel Alejandro Martínez Bazaldúa, society section photographer for Vanguardia newspaper in Saltillo, Coahuila, was killed on the morning of 24 April 2013. ARTICLE 19 is concerned about transparency in the murder investigation by state authorities.

Mexico Attacks

IFEX-ALC demands Mexican government investigate, punish threats against ARTICLE 19

Organizations committed to the defense of democracy and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean are denouncing a new anonymous threat on 19 April 2013, against the head and staff of the Office for Mexico and Central America of ARTICLE 19.

‎IFEX América Latina y el Caribe‎26 April 2013

Mexico Impunity Free Expression & the Law

Passage of Mexican legislation to combat impunity

The International Press Institute and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers welcome the passage of seminal legislation in Mexico designed to combat the almost complete impunity in cases of crimes committed against the country's journalists.

‎World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, International Press Institute‎ 7 May 2013

Mexican authorities must investigate murder of journalists' sons

David and Alejandro Páramo González, the sons of two journalists in Chihuahua, were killed on the morning of 4 May 2013. ARTICLE 19 calls on authorities to carry out an impartial investigation, incorporating a line of enquiry connected to the journalistic work of the brothers' parents.

‎ARTICLE 19‎ 7 May 2013

Latest from Mexico

Call for Obama to help end the torment of Mexico’s journalists

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

2 May 2013
Mexican press fails to question journalist murder case

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎

30 April 2013
Concern for safety of Mexican reporter investigating colleague's murder

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 22 April 2013
Mexican free speech NGO receives threats of reprisal

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 19 April 2013
Explosives detonated outside newspaper office in Jalisco, Mexico

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 19 April 2013
Report shows state authorities as obstacle to press freedom in Mexico

‎International Press Institute, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers‎

18 April 2013
Controversy over Mexican governor's award for free expression

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Impunity Censorship Free Expression & the Law 11 April 2013
Mexican community radios hounded for opposing wind farm

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Attacks Censorship Free Expression & the Law 5 April 2013
Call for action as threats continue to undermine Mexican media

‎World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, International Press Institute‎

3 April 2013
Growing violence against journalists in Brazil and Mexico

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Brazil Attacks 15 March 2013
Will recent wave of arrests improve media safety in Mexico?

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎

13 March 2013
Reports on right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico submitted to UN rights council

‎Privacy International‎

International Senegal Digital Rights China 12 March 2013
Early morning attacks on newspaper, TV station in northern Mexico

‎Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social‎

Attacks 12 March 2013
Online journalist shot in Mexican border town

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 5 March 2013
Third attack against Mexican newspaper leaves one person dead

‎Inter American Press Association‎

Attacks 4 March 2013
Safety of journalists draws international mission to Mexico

‎International Press Institute, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers‎

Attacks 20 February 2013
Survey finds Mexico's journalists face digital security threats

‎Freedom House‎

Digital Rights 19 February 2013
Mexican teacher fired for showing gay rights film

‎Index on Censorship‎

Censorship 22 January 2013
Free expression fears rise after inauguration-day arrests in Mexico

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Attacks Censorship 12 December 2012
Two photographers released after eight-day detention in Mexico City

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Free Expression & the Law 10 December 2012
Mexican journalist beaten after receiving threats

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 7 December 2012
Journalists and protesters detained, assaulted in Mexico City

‎Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social‎

Attacks Free Expression & the Law 5 December 2012
Mexican journalist assaulted while covering police abuses

‎ARTICLE 19‎

Attacks 23 November 2012
Journalist killed in shooting while on assignment in Mexico

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎

Attacks 19 November 2012
Serious doubts in Mexico over investigation of journalist's murder

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎

Impunity 6 November 2012
Anti-mining activists assassinated in Chihuahua, Mexico

‎Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social‎

Attacks 26 October 2012

At a glance

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Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social

Most covered free expression issues in this country

Key reports and information

Freedom of Expression on the Agenda in Mexico

Freedom House 26 April 2013
Mexico: Serious crimes against free expression in 2012

ARTICLE 19 14 March 2013
The Zacatecas, Mexico Rules: Cartel's Reign Cannot Be Covered

Committee to Protect Journalists 21 February 2013
Digital and Mobile Security for Mexican Journalists and Bloggers

Freedom House 15 February 2013

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