UN Chief Condemns Killing Of Mexican Journalist Amado Ramirez
 
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:00:47 -0400

UNESCO CHIEF CONDEMNS KILLING OF MEXICAN JOURNALIST AMADO RAMIREZ
 
New York, Apr 13 2007  3:00PM
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific 
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today <"http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=37487&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">condemned 
the 
killing of Amado Ramirez, the Acapulco correspondent 
of Mexico’s Televisa broadcasting network who was shot in the 

“I condemn the cowardly murder of Amado Ramirez,” Director-General 
Koïchiro Matsuura said, voicing his expectation that Mexico’s authorities 
“will do all they can to protect journalists who are in 
the frontline of the war for human rights and rule and law.” 
Mr. Ramirez was shot three times in the back by unknown gunmen on 
8 April. There have been 12 other reports of similar execution-style 
assassinations throughout Mexico recently. According to the 
International Federation of Journalists, eight reporters were killed 
in a wave of violence against investigative journalism in Mexico 
last year.
 2007-04-13 00:00:00.000 


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