Thousands Protest to Demand Reinstatement of Fired Mexican Journalist Aristegui teleSUR
go to original March 17, 2015

Supporters deliver signatures in support of Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui during a protest against her dismissal outside MVS Radio's station building in Mexico City March 16, 2015. (Reuters)

Listen: A Mexican broadcaster has fired one of the country's most prestigious journalists and set off a firestorm over freedom of expression and the press. (NPR.org)

Thousands turned out in front of the MVS Radio studios in Mexico City Monday to call for the reinstatement of Carmen Aristegui along with her staff after news of her firing spread.

The protest was peaceful, with many blaming the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto for the dismissal of Aristegui and citing the journalist’s firing as proof of a lack of freedom of expression in the country. The journalist was responsible for the revelation that Peña Nieto, his wife and his finance minister had bought houses from a contractor who had secured massive government deals.

As demonstrators chanted “We are all Carmen!” and “You're are not alone!,” protesters delivered 170,000 signatures in support of the journalist and her team. The document was received by the academic Gabriel Sosa, who serves as ombudsman for MVS.

Acclaimed academics, journalists, celebrities and Aristegui herself attended the rally, saying she would continue the battle against this “threat” to freedom of expression and adding that Mexico is experiencing an “authoritarian windstorm and an abominable moment.”

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