UNESCOs generaldirektør, Irina Bokova, ønsker en undersøgelse af omstændighederne omkring et væbnet angreb, som førte til mordet på en mexicansk journalist og en politimand.
PARIS, 21 November 2012: Mexican crime reporter Adrián Silva Moreno and a former municipal police officer Misray López González was shot dead on 14 November in the town of Tehuacán, in central Mexico.
“I am appalled by the murder of Adrián Silva Moreno and Misray López González,” the Director-General of the UN agency said, adding:.
“It is essential that the perpetrators of this crime be brought to justice. Violence against journalists in Mexico has reached an intolerable level”.
“I call for firm action to enable media workers in Mexico to carry out their professional duties which are essential to democracy and rule of law. The basic human right of freedom of expression must be defended, alongside press freedom, its corollary (følgesvend).”
Adrián Silva Moreno is reported to have been shot dead in his car while covering an investigation into the theft of gasoline from government-owned pipelines. His passenger, Misray López González, was killed as he tried to flee the reporter’s car.
Silva Moreno’s killing brings the number of journalists and media workers murdered in Mexico over the past year to seven. They are remembered in the dedicated webpage, “UNESCO Condemns Killing of Journalists”.
UNESCO is the United Nations agency with a mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom.
