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Another journalist executed – Mexico joins Pakistan at top of ‘world’s deadliest countries for reporters’ list

The body of yet another slain Mexican journalist was found on Monday, less than a day after he had been kidnapped by a group of armed men, the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET), a local media organisation in Mexico, reported. The body of José Bladimir Antuna García was found behind a local hospital, […]

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JOURNALIST MURDERED: Mexican Journalist gunned down at work in front of colleagues, as cycle of reporter killings continues

The director of the Internet site of Mexico’s Radio Vision, Norberto Miranda, was killed last week by a group of five gunmen who entered his office in Nuevo Casas Grandes, near Ciudad Juárez, in the state of Chihuahua. The gunmen asked for Miranda, who identified himself and was gunned down in front of his colleagues. […]

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Missing Mexican radio presenter’s throat slit

During the night of Sunday 11 October, police in Mexico’s Sinaloa region discovered the body of missing radio presenter Fabián Ramírez López. Ramírez López was last seen alive on Friday 9 as he left home for work. His body was found hidden among bushes in the coastal city of Mazatlán, following an anonymous telephone tip-off […]

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999 PRESS FREEDOM CALL FOR JUSTICE: On 09.09.09, IPI reminds the world of its 9 remaining ‘justice denied’ journalist cases

On the 9th of September, 2009, the International Press Institute (IPI) believes it is only fitting to call attention to the nine unresolved cases in its Justice Denied campaign, which highlights the unlawful imprisonment of journalists around the world and the impunity from which the murderers of journalists all too often benefit. Journalists are routinely […]

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