British human rights organization Article 19 found that 3,408 attacks against the press were registered between December 1, 2018, to March 31, 2024, averaging of one attack every 14 hours.
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In 2022, there were 696 attacks on journalists in Mexico — at least one attack on a journalist every 13 hours
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By KELIN DILLON In an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Sunday, Feb. 6, Mexican journalist Carlos Loret de Mola A. – a perennial target of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) public denouncements of Mexico’s modern media – detailed the regular attacks López Obrador has taken against the country’s journalists for reporting facts, calling journalism AMLO’s
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 25, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled to remove preventative detention in the country for financial crimes, including smuggling, tax fraud and the sale of false invoices, saying it violates the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), a 2019 reform to Mexico’s Article 19
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By KELIN DILLON In the first 32 months of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, 21 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico — up 31.2 percent from the comparable figure for the previous administration of former President Enrique Peña Nieto, which experienced 16 homicides in its first 32 months. According to British human rights organization Article 19, which
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By KELIN DILLON While protestors against the country’s government have filled the streets of Cuba, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) went out of his way to publicly declare his support for the Miguel Díaz-Canel administration during a press conference on the morning of Monday, July 12. Hundreds of people began protesting in Cuba on Sunday, July 11, challenging the
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily press conferences, known as mañaneras, are “a worrying instrument of misinformation,” said Article 19, an international human rights organization focused on freedom of information and expression. The group released its report “Distortion: The Speech Against Reality” on Tuesday, March 23, detailing AMLO’s “attempt to control and censure the Internet,”
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