“Aldair Garnica Arcos, who identifies himself as executive director of [the Facebook page] Decisión Digital Noticias and collaborator of [the digital media outlet] NBC Diario, expressed on social media his fear of suffering reprisals for allegedly having exposed cases of corruption and human rights violations within the State Attorney General's Office [of Veracruz, Mexico].
According to the journalist, as a result of what he exposed, he has been the victim of threats, intimidation and obstacles that seek to silence him.
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The journalist said that his Facebook account has been repeatedly attacked, in a clear attempt to silence him, and in view of this serious situation, he requested the intervention of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and international press freedom organizations to monitor his case.”
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