(The Guardian – Mexico City) The UN human rights committee has rebuked Mexico for failing to protect its journalists in a ruling on the case of a prominent reporter who was kidnapped and threatened with rape by police acting at the behest of a powerful politician and one of his business backers.
The ruling was the committee’s first against Mexico, which has become one of the most murderous countries in the world for media workers.
The resolution found journalist Lydia Cacho was arbitrarily detained, subjected to torture and gender violence and had her right to free expression violated.
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