Article 19 considers that the president's "adjectives are simplistic and reflect intolerance of the work of those who seek to call power to account".
Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
In the bulletin published this March 31The non-profit organization for freedom of expression and digital rights, Article 19, stated its position on comments made by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during his morning conference saying that Article 19 was "supported by the foreigner" belonging to "the conservative movement".
In this regard, the NGO points out that: "What happened at the conference on March 31 is yet another example of a growing intolerance to criticism and to information that is uncomfortable for the federal government". Article 19, together with the news agency Aristegui Noticias and the digital laboratory Signa Lab of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), belonging to the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, revealed "a network of cyber-attacks against government critics orchestrated from the management of Notimex", headed by Sanjuana MartÃnez.
Article 19 considers that the president's "adjectives are simplistic and reflect intolerance of the work of those who seek to call power to account".
He also reminded Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that the objective of Article 19 is "the need for a free citizenry to express itself without intimidation or violence and to call those in power to account" and that this objective is based on "banners that were also part of the agenda that López Obrador raised in his presidential campaigns".
"We view with concern the way in which the president has moved away from the attributes of a democratic society," says Article 19 and reiterates: "What worries us is that Mexico is falling into the same," regarding the intolerance shown in the morning conference of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The bulletin is signed by Santiago Corcuera, Laritza Diversent, Javier Garza Ramos, Adrián López, Adela Navarro Bello, Michael Reed Hurtado and Gabriela Warkentin. Additionally, the NGO called on the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to "verify that there are no ?foreign companies? financing their activities, but foundations and governments that support civil society projects in dozens of countries around the world".
In the meantime, Article 19 reiterates its role in "defending journalists from the harassment of power and ensuring citizens' access to public information and communication technologies free from censorship".
