translated from Spanish: Sánchez Cordero is committed to ensuring freedom of expression

city of Mexico.-Mexico is a hell for the exercise of journalism. The Mexican State has a debt with the Guild. In recent years the harassment against journalists has been increasing at an alarming rate. It is common to hear of government authorities, without a free press, it is not possible to build a democratic society, however, actions to give protection to journalists in their work to date have proved ineffective.
In Mexico, violence against communication professionals not only unfolds through physical harassment, also includes the judicial harassment. During the Governments of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018) journalists suffered a major drubbing.
According to the Center for research and training civic proposal, released in 2012 to give comprehensive legal support to journalists and defenders of human rights, Mexico is the second most dangerous country in the world to practice journalism.
From 2000 to 2018 have been killed 138 communication professionals, while more than 200 attacks have been documented during the current administration. The constant is the impunity. Complaints are made to law enforcement authorities, but responsibilities do not base those responsible.
Wednesday, August 29, at a meeting held in the city of Mexico, Olga Sánchez Cordero, proposed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to deal with the Ministry of the Interior, she was invited by civic proposal to attend a forum under the title “I am journalist, not criminal”.
At the meeting with journalists, Sanchez Cordero stressed that one of the most important topics of the next Government will be to ensure freedom of expression. Sanchez Cordero said that the cry of Mexican society is ‘justice’, not only “justice” understood in the framework of the system of Justice, but, above all ‘social justice’, is a priority for this administration.
“In the Government of AMLO journalists will have a very special place,” he said. The former Minister of the Supreme Court held that journalists are about “warriors” and that its role is very relevant as a channel of communication between the Government and the society. “In the [próxima] Ministry of the Interior have not only decided to protect the rights and freedom of expression of each of you, but in addition, [adoptar] the necessary measures to prevent any situation of vulnerability in which is” They are”, he said.
The next Ministry of Interior referred are necessary efforts to reverse the situation of insecurity and violence with not only journalists, but society in general. He said that it is urgent to joint efforts between the judiciary, the legislature and the authorities in law enforcement, among others.
It also concerned should address the problem at all levels, both in the local and federal levels. “We must support and restructuring of the Prosecutor’s offices of the States and, above all, the Attorney General of the Republic,” he said. “On many occasions local justice has said that it is not competent in the investigation of an offence of homicide against a journalist, [pues] as infringes on freedom of expression, he is considered a federal order competition”, said.
Finally, the next Secretary of the Interior reminded journalists that it had participated actively in the student movement of 1968. The fight of this movement was, said Sanchez Cordero, liberties, and one of the main freedoms that fought was freedom of expression. Before, he recalled, all released material through censorship of the Ministry of the Interior. “[En mí] will have an ally who will fight to ensure you have the unrestricted right of freedom of expression,” he said.

Original source in Spanish

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