Attacks on the Press in 2011: In Mexico, Silence or Death Remains the Choice

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Committee to Protect Journalists Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) – Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa pledged action to deter anti-press attacks, but his government has accomplished little. (AP/Marco Ugarte)

The Mexican president promised to protect a besieged press corps with a federal protection program, a special prosecutor and new legislation making anti-press violence a federal crime. But Felipe Calderón Hinojosa has failed at nearly every turn. By Mike O’Connor

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Attacks on the Press in 2011: In Mexico, Silence or Death Remains the Choice

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