The One Free Press Coalition, which publishes a monthly list of the "10 Most Urgent" press freedom cases around the world, focused on women journalists for March 2021 in anticipation of International Women's Day (March 8). On its list were journalists from Mexico and Guatemala.
Among those on the list is Mexican columnist and reporter Maria Elena Ferral Hernández, who was killed on March 30, 2020 after receiving threats. Indigenous journalist Anastasia Mejía, also on the list, was charged with sedition and aggravated attack for allegedly participating in a demonstration against a local politician, as CPJ reported.
