Thread: Besieged Mexican journalists continue publishing paper

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Besieged Mexican journalists continue publishing paper

MEXICO CITY, (IPS) - In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where activists say human rights violations and impunity are the norm, 31 employees of a newspaper that has been critical of the local government have been blockaded inside their building for three weeks.


The 31 press workers at Noticias, Oaxaca’s biggest newspaper, have been trapped in their offices by an armed mob that allegedly includes plainclothes police officers.


Nevertheless, they continue to put out the newspaper, using the Internet to send material to a secret location outside the building to be printed.
The argument of those who are besieging the press workers is that the newspaper is on strike and should, as a result, stop publishing.


“We are asking the president (Vicente Fox) to intervene in order to put an end to the impunity, but nothing has been done,�Noticias reporter Octavio Vélez told IPS by telephone from inside the building.

Good for them! The Mexican people need to stand up to their government and change things around.

Are the Hispanic leaders here in the United States supporting the fight back home???

“We are asking the president (Vicente Fox) to intervene in order to put an end to the impunity, but nothing has been done,�

No suprise there.

He's too busy running the US.