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Journalists from 10 Mexican states gather and demand justice for their murdered colleagues

  • Source: DW
  • March 7, 2022

"More than 100 independent journalists attended the National Meeting of Journalists on Saturday (March 5, 2022) in the Mexican city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, state of Chiapas (southeast). They demanded a stop to the attacks [against journalists] and pointed out that many of these involve government officials.

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Al the meeting, they also discussed labor issues, the full autonomy of the Government Protection Mechanism, in addition to the dismissal of Enrique Irazoque Palazuelos, head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights and the Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists. "

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