Articles by Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social
Federal judge grants injunction to man accused of killing American journalist Brad Will
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is an abbreviated translation of a 21 January 2009 CENCOS alert: On 21 January 2009, a federal court judge granted an injunction to Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno, who has been accused of killing American journalist Bradley Roland Will and is currently being held in prison pending trial. The original order to […]
Special prosecutor’s office for protection of journalists is failing to accomplish objective for which it was created, says CENCOS
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is an abridged translation of a 9 December 2008 CENCOS press release: Mexico D.F., 9 December 2008 (Cencos) – Amidst the incessant violence that journalists have been living with in Mexico, the Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Journalists (Fiscalía Especial para la Atención de Delitos Cometidos contra Periodistas, FEADP), which is […]
Police detain photographer for eight hours, assault and threaten him
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – On 8 November 2008, Federal Preventive Police (Policía Federal Preventiva, PFP) officers detained photographer Israel García Gurrola, who works for the “La Voz de la Frontera” newspaper, in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, northern Mexico. García Gurrola was detained when he was taking photographs of various PFP vehicles as they travelled […]
Civil rights groups call on Mexican government to investigate crimes against freedom of expression
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is a 21 October 2008 joint press release by ARTICLE 19, CENCOS and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC): México: Brad Will’s murder just the tip of the iceberg in the alarming level of impunity in which cases of aggressions against journalists remain More than two years after […]
Owner of “La Noticia” newspaper in Michoacán kidnapped and found dead
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is a 10 October 2008 joint press release by CENCOS and ARTICLE 19: The owner of La Noticia newspaper in Michoacán kidnapped and found dead On the night of October 9, in the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas in the western state of Michoacán, the owner of La Noticia Newspaper […]
Judge exonerates journalist but sentences writer in lawsuit stemming from book’s publication
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – On 23 September 2008, more than four years after the beginning of legal proceedings, a Mexico City judge exonerated journalist Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa in a case brought against him by Congressman Gerardo Sosa Castelán. Judge Miguel Ángel Robles Villegas, however, sentenced writer Alfredo Rivera Flores to pay an as yet to […]
Government shuts down community radio station in Oaxaca
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – According to information obtained by ARTICLE 19 and CENCOS, on 29 August 2008, Federal Preventive Police (Policía Federal Preventiva) officers, state police officers and Oaxaca State Transit Ministry officials, along with supervisors from the Federal Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Cofetel) and the Communications and Transport Secretariat (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y […]
Human rights media agency raided, documents stolen
(ARTICLE 19/CENCOS/IFEX) – During the weekend of 26-27 July 2008, unidentified individuals broke into the offices of CIMAC (Comunicación e Información de la Mujer), a Mexico City-based non-govermental organisation that reports on women’s issues through the “Cimacnoticias” news agency. The assailants stole some of the organisation’s equipment and destroyed a number of documents. CIMAC editor […]