Mexico City, Jan 15 (EFE).- The Mexican Catholic Church called this Sunday on the authorities of this nation to reinforce the protection mechanisms and protocols for journalists after Mexico was considered “the country at peace” in 2022. dangerous to carry out this activity.
“We call on the authorities to consider the work carried out by these men and women a priority, who give their lives raising their voices for those who cannot; and to reinforce the mechanisms and protocols that protect them,” said the Archdiocese of Mexico in its editorial this Sunday in its weekly Desde la Fe.
He explained that according to data from the Reporters Without Borders and Statista organizations, for the fourth consecutive year, Mexico registered the murder of 13 journalists, close to 20% of the world total and for this reason it is considered the most dangerous nation for the exercise of journalism. .
“This number is even more alarming when we talk about those people who are in charge of covering and denouncing human rights abuses: between 2018 and 2022, at least 97 murders perpetrated against activists have been recorded,” he reinforced.
After the call to the authorities, the Catholic body invited its faithful believers and the pilgrim Church “to unite in prayer” for the journalists killed, disappeared and all those who have been victims of an attack simply for disclosing information of public interest.
This Sunday, the Archdiocese of Mexico joined the initiative of the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) that convened the monthly prayer day asking God for journalists, human rights defenders and for each citizen to help build the peace in mexico
“United in one voice, we ask that the security and freedom of expression of journalists be guaranteed, who see their lives threatened by the ethical exercise of journalism, and we pray for those who have died, as well as for those who live in an environment of fear. and with the constant fear caused by violence and insecurity,” he said.
In 2022, Mexico was listed as the most dangerous “country at peace” for the press, concentrating 20% of the murders of journalists, with 13 cases, according to the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), while other organizations such as the Society Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) counted 20 murders.
According to the organization Article 19, a total of 157 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000 in possible connection with their work. Of these, 37 have occurred during the current term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office on December 1, 2018. EFE
