Noviembre 07, 2006

Non-Gringo Dead Journalists, Presente!

Josh Breitbart writes eloquently and persuasively in his blog about the divide between activism and journlism that apparently is unique to Gringolandia, and about a previous-to-Brad-Will indymedia participant killed in Ecuador.

Beyond our colleague and fellow gringo, we can do a better job supporting all journalists under attack, including those who are being beaten and jailed right now in Oaxaca, according to Reporters Without Borders:
  • Mario Mosqueda Hernández of the Centro de Medios Libres de México [who I may have actually met, my memory is hazy, when i was at the CML last year -steev] who “was beaten and dragged along the ground by 10 federal policemen”
  • Gilardo Mota of the local weekly Opinión who was “held for 48 hours and was roughed [sic] by federal police”
  • photographer Alberto López Cruz of the local daily Extra, attacked by police who took his camera
  • and two unidentified Guatemalan journalists who are reportedly missing.
  • Posted by steev at Noviembre 7, 2006 09:11 AM
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