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Guatemalan journalists protest against criminalization and censorship

  • Source: EFE
  • November 3, 2020

"A score of Guatemalan journalists spoke out this Tuesday in front of the public prosecutor's office against the criminalization and censorship of their profession, such as the criminal prosecution of their Indigenous K'iche' colleague Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz.

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Last Wednesday, a Guatemalan judge in the north of the country processed Indigenous journalist Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz for the crimes of sedition, arson and aggravated attack."

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