Centro Nacional de Comunicacion Social aims to contribute towards the transition to democracy in Mexico by defending freedom of expression and helping the most deprived sectors of civil society to exercise their right to communicate. CENCOS investigates and denounces press freedom abuses in Mexico.
The mission of the Center for Journalism and Public Ethics is to promote quality journalism in Mexico as a way to contribute to democracy and a more informed society. CEPET has trained hundreds of journalists across the country.
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies has unanimously approved an initiative to make crimes against journalists a federal offence.
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A gun attack in the southern city of Iguala, Guerrero State on 13 Feb left photographer Jean Paul Ibarra of local daily El Correo dead and reporter Jenny Luliana Marchán of Diario 21 injured.
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