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October 22, 2008

Activists Begin Hunger Strike to Mark Killing of US Journalist Brad Will
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Here in New York, a group of activists have launched a four-day hunger
strike to commemorate the killing of the American journalist Brad Will
and protest US support for the militarization of Mexico. Will was shot
to death while covering the popular uprising in the Mexican state of
Oaxaca. On Tuesday, members of Friends of Brad Will gathered in front of
the New York office of Senator Hillary Clinton.

Harry Bubbins: “Plan Mexico, known as the Merida Initiative, sends over
$1.5 billion to the Mexican police forces. These are the same forces
responsible for killing Brad and numerous other people in Oaxaca,
Chiapas and Atenco. We want Senator Clinton to stop voting to send money
to Mexico until this and other outstanding crimes are resolved, and the
people in jail now that were wrongfully arrested for the murder of Brad
be released, and the actual murderers here, known throughout the world,
be arrested."

Monday marks the two-year anniversary of Will’s death. Will’s family and
friends have criticized the Mexican government for recently accusing two
Oaxacan activists of his murder instead of state police forces.



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