Index on Censorship’s new editor rounds up the stories that have made headlines this week including disinformation around the Florida hurricane
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CATEGORY: Mexico
Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad
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Remembering the women who pay the ultimate price for freedom
On International Women’s Day, our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on another deadly 12 months for female dissidents
Mexico: Obrador’s attacks on freedom reach new heights
The Mexican president is attacking independent institutions and publicly shared a critical journalist’s telephone number
Contents – Express yourself: Overcoming neurodiversity stereotypes
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In Mexico, a journalist is attacked every 13 hours. The government is to blame
Under fire from organised crime and from the government, reporters working in Mexico have been subject to nearly 700 attacks in the past calendar year. We speak to the journalists for whom these stats are a daily reality
Tyrant of the year 2022 named
You voted in your thousands and there was a clear winner, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2023: No calm water ahead
Happy New Year! I think we can all agree, regardless of where we live, that 2022 was a tumultuous year. There was seemingly a new crisis every...
Who is 2022’s Tyrant of the Year?
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Tyrant of the year 2022: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
"He who has nothing to hide, has nothing to fear". These were the words uttered by the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a February...