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PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

Photograph of PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo G. Salas, Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Freedom of Expression in Mexico, on 27 January 2012 in Mexico City. From left to right are: Alejandro Ramos Flores, Assistant to the Attorney General and head of the Mexican Defense Ministry’s legal department; John Ralston Saul, president of PEN International (2009-15); The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian journalist and Canada’s Governor General (1999-2005); Hori Takeaki, secretary (2010-16) and vice-president of PEN International (2016-); and Marian Botsford Fraser, president of the Canadian Centre (1997-99) and chair of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (2009-12). This meeting took place as part of PEN Protesta!, a protest campaign organised by PEN International and the Mexican Centre, which aimed to act as a public demonstration of solidarity and an official appeal for accountability for cases of murdered or disappeared journalists in Mexico. This photograph was taken by Alain Pescador.

PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

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Delegados de PEN reunidos con Gustavo S. Salas

Fotografía de delegados de PEN reunidos con Gustavo G. Salas, Fiscal Especial por los Crímenes Contra la Libertad de Expresión en México, el 27 de enero de 2012 en Ciudad de México. De izquierda a derecha: Alejandro Ramos Flores, Fiscal General Adjunto y director del departamento legal del Minsistro de Defensa mexicano; John Ralston Saul, presidente de PEN Internacional (2009-15); Adrienne Clarkson, periodista canadiense y Gobernadora General de Canadá (1999-2005); Hori Takeaki, secretario (2010-16) y vicepresidente de PEN Internacional (2016-); y Marian Botsford Fraser, presidenta del Centro Canadiense (1997-99) y presidenta del Comité de Escritores en Prisión de PEN Internacional (2009-12). Esta reunión tuvo lugar en el marco de PEN Protesta!, una campaña de PEN Internacional y el Centro Mexicano, que quería ser una reivindicación colectiva de solidaridad y de demanda de rendición de cuentas por los casos de asesinatos y desapariciones de periodistas en México. Esta fotografía fue tomada por Alain Pescador.

Date:

27/01/2012

Creator:

Alain Pescador

Centre:

Mexican Centre (PEN México)

Format:

Photograph

Language:

n/a

Place:

Mexico City, Mexico

Subject:

Official Meeting; PEN Protesta!; Press in Mexico

PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

PEN delegates meeting with Gustavo S. Salas

Delegados de PEN reunidos con Gustavo S. Salas

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