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Last week marked the fourth anniversary of the murder of Brad Will, a 36-year-old American activist and journalist who was shot while covering anti-government protests in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. His murderers remain at large.
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For those following the case of Bradley Roland Will, left, a U.S. activist-journalist killed while reporting on a protest movement in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in 2006, a long wait ended on February 18. After 16 months in prison, Juan Manuel Martínez, a grassroots activist from an impoverished neighborhood in Oaxaca, left his cell after a federal appeals tribunal exonerated him of murdering Will.
Three years ago today,
an independent journalist named Bradley Roland Will
was killed in Mexico
while reporting on a heated protest movement in the capital city of the
southern state of Oaxaca Oaxaca
On July 26, the following headline appeared in Mexico's daily Milenio newspaper:
"Canada: Will assassinated at point-blank range." Soon, similar headlines
followed. The stories focused on a recent report by three Canadian investigators
that sustains conclusions made by the Mexican authorities in the case of Bradley
Roland Will, left, a U.S. video-journalist and activist killed in October 2006 in the
southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The government-commissioned report has sparked
controversy for echoing the findings of Mexican authorities, whose investigation
has been heavily questioned by local and international human rights groups and the Will family for being politicized and riddled with irregularities.
Last night, about 300 people gathered at San Francisco 's Academy of Art University for a vigil for U.S. North Korea North Korea
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto began fearing for his life
when approximately 50 armed soldiers entered his home in Ascensión on May 5 without
a permit. They told Gutiérrez they were searching for "weapons or drugs," he
told CPJ. The soldiers did not find any evidence of illegal activity and left.
Gutiérrez said he believed the search was meant to intimidate him for articles
he had written about harassment charges alleged by citizens since the military
began anti-drug trafficking operations in Chihuahua
Gutiérrez decided to flee Mexico on June 14, when a trusted source overheard a military official talk about a plan to kill the journalist for reporting on alleged military crimes. Gutiérrez grabbed his 15-year-old son, clothes, his press pass, and left for theU.S.
Gutiérrez decided to flee Mexico on June 14, when a trusted source overheard a military official talk about a plan to kill the journalist for reporting on alleged military crimes. Gutiérrez grabbed his 15-year-old son, clothes, his press pass, and left for the
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