Articles by Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social
“Por Esto” newspaper owner receives death threats, blames federal and state government officials
(CENCOS/IFEX) – On 30 June 2007, Mario Renato Menéndez Rodríguez was harassed in Mérida and received death threats. He is the director and owner of “Por Esto” newspaper in Mérida, the capital of Yucatán state, in southeastern Mexico. He told CENCOS that the motive for the threats is his publication of various articles, since 1997, […]
Radio Monitor forced off air after pressures from former president Fox result in its economic strangulation
(CENCOS/IFEX) – On 29 June 2007, after 33 years on air, Radio Monitor radio station broadcast its last programme, becoming the first national media outlet to disappear during the mandate of President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. With this closure, both an avenue for freedom of expression and a source of work for journalists are being lost. […]
Reporter tortured and threatened with death by Sinaloa police
(CENCOS/IFEX) – On 29 June 2007, Luis Fernando Nájera, a reporter for “El Debate de Culiacán” daily newspaper and “Ríodoce” weekly newspaper, was assaulted and threatened. The incident occurred when he was covering a raid by a rapid-action team of masked ministry police on a home in the city of Mochis, in the municipality of […]
CENCOS, AMARC and ARTICLE 19 call on Congress to amend media law, facilitate emergence and survival of community media
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is a 21 June 2007 CENCOS press release: Media organisations request legislation to promote community media Congress has the historic opportunity to secure informational pluralism Free expression organisations call for the democratisation of media regulations Mexico City, 21 June 2007 – National and international freedom of expression organisations are urging the […]
Supreme Court debates proceeding against Puebla governor for violating journalist Lydia Cacho’s rights
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The magistrates of the Supreme Court (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación) have sent an important signal regarding their own autonomy and respect for freedom of expression in Mexico by debating a recommendation for some kind of judgment to be made regarding Puebla state Governor Mario Marín Torres, a member of the […]
Newspaper director clarifies information on the “abductions” of three reporters in the Comarca Lagunera region
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The following is a 14 June 2007 CENCOS press release: “El Sol de Durango” director clarifies information on the “abductions” of three reporters in the Comarca Lagunera region Mexico, D.F., 14 June 2007 (CENCOS) – In an interview with a reporter from “El Universal” newspaper in Mexico City, “El Sol de Durango” director […]
“Generos” journalist investigating political and police corruption in Sonora attacked, seeks asylum
(CENCOS/IFEX) – Amid the impunity currently the rule regarding attacks on journalists and media outlets, “Generos” newspaper journalist Claudio Tiznado has decided to ask for asylum in the United States, following an assault. “Generos” is a bimonthly newspaper based in Hermosillo, a city in the northern state of Sonora. Tiznado was assaulted at the end […]
“Hora Cero” staff erect barricades at newspaper’s facilities for fear of incursion after new threat
(CENCOS/IFEX) – The staff of “Hora Cero” newspaper, a bi-weekly newspaper based in the city of Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, northern Mexico, have built barricades at the newspaper’s entrance, after receiving information that a group of people intend to mob the facility in response to the newspaper’s publication of information on the misuse of public […]