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PRESS RELEASE R84/10

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R84/10

IACHR AND UN RAPPORTEURS FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

PUBLISH PRELIMINARY REPORT REGARDING VISIT TO MEXICO

 

Mexico City, August 25, 2010– The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Catalina Botero Marino, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion, Frank La Rue, made public their preliminary observations regarding their joint official visit to Mexico, which took place from August 9-24, 2010. 

During the course of their visit, the Rapporteurs travelled to Mexico City and the States of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Guerrero and the State of Mexico. They met with over forty federal and state institutions of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as with representatives of autonomous bodies. In addition, they held meetings with more than one hundred journalists, representatives of civil society organizations, relatives of murdered journalists, and members of the international community based in Mexico.

Their preliminary observations were presented to State authorities and to the Mexican and international media on Tuesday, August 24th. Each Rapporteur will issue a final report regarding the visit in early 2011.

The full Spanish version of the Rapporteurs´ preliminary report is available at:

http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/Spanish/2010/RELEMexico.pdf

The Spanish version of the executive summary of the Rapporteurs´ preliminary report is available at:

http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/Spanish/2010/RELEMexCP.pdf

The  English version of the executive summary of the Rapporteurs´ preliminary report is available at:

http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/Spanish/2010/RELEMexicoEng.pdf

A full English version of the preliminary report will be available shortly on the website of the IACHR Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression: http://www.cidh.oas.org/relatoria/