On 14 September Jesús Hernández García, the editor of the Centro Noticias Tamaulipas news website, was threatened and assaulted by officials from the Tamaulipas state government’s Health Secretariat and its Environmental Agency. The incident arose after media reporting of the number of AH1N1 influenza cases, which had led to the closure of local schools. (CEPET)
Read more.
NEWS
Mexican editor threatened over swine flu figures
On 14 September Jesús Hernández García, the editor of the Centro Noticias Tamaulipas news website, was threatened and assaulted by officials from the Tamaulipas state government’s Health Secretariat and its Environmental Agency. The incident arose after media reporting of the number of AH1N1 influenza cases, which had led to the closure of local schools. (CEPET) […]
By Lance Lattig
22 Sep 09
READ MORE
-
Elon Musk’s attack on public broadcasters is destroying Reagan’s Cold War legacy
Once lauded as bastions of American patriotism, media outlets such as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are now being labelled enemies of the ...
-
Could Donald Trump’s administration be a double-edged sword for free speech?
We speak with the USA-based non-profit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) about the new president's complicated approach to fre...
-
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “The people of Belarus are showing the dictator that they want him gone”
Following January's sham election, political activists and journalists willing to challenge Aliaksandr Lukashenka face prison, exile or worse – but...
-
Index calls for the immediate and unconditional release of author and bookseller, Mahmoud Muna
Author Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmad Muna were arrested by undercover Israeli police with dozens of their books being confiscated