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Freedom of Speech for Workers

Mexican journalist Carlos Payán, founder of La Jornada, highlights the pressures that the profession has to confront, and the need to identify those who try to prevent it from functioning.

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During my time as a journalist - they were the best years of my life - I learned the importance of highlighting the pressures that the profession has to confront, and to be clear about the identity of those who try to prevent it from functioning.

First -  pressure from the government

One of the main enemies of free expression and of its correlative, freedom of the press, is the pressure exerted by government through its various agencies.