United Nations Urges Mexican Government to Respect Freedom of Speech Television del Sur
go to original December 7, 2014

A protester holds a defaced image of Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto that reads in Spanish "We want them alive" during a demonstration Saturday against the September disappearance of 43 students. (Associated Press)

United Nations general-secretary Ban-Ki-moon, defended the right to freedom of speech and the need to channel legitimate demands from the Mexican people “in a peaceful way and with full respect to human rights and the state of law.”

He was referring to the protests against the government of Mexico over the last two months. He also urged the Mexican government to investigate every disappearance, especially those of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students.

A spokesperson issued the secretary-general observations during a short interview, he also mentioned the U.N. grief for the incidents of September 26 in Iguala, on the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, referring to the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teachers Training School and the death of three students and three bystanders.

“The United Nations, through the High Commissioner for Human Rights is ready to help the Mexican Government to address it’s current problematics,” said the U.N. spokesperson.

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