Interview with Samuel Kenny

Interview with Samuel Kenny

Samuel Kenny discusses his work as Communications Director of the Mexican Commission of Human Rights. Kenny describes how defending human rights in certain areas of Mexico has become difficult. The issue of freedom of expression and whether it is a human right is discussed in detail. Kenny also deliberates that there are many organizations that defend freedom of expression while the Commission is more focused on the human right to justice.

Samuel Kenny describe su trabajo como director de Comunicación de la Comisión Mexicana de los Derechos Humanos. Kenny explica como la defensa de los derechos humanos en ciertas partes de México se ha vuelto un reto. La cuestión de designar a la libertad de expresión como un derecho humano básicos se discute en detalle, y Kenny explica que existen muchos organizaciones defendiendo la libertad de expresión mientras que la Comisión se enfoca más en el derecho humano a la justicia.

Kenny, Samuel

Gonzalez de Bustamante, Celeste

Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly Oral History Collection (MS 533)

2014-02-25

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Transcribed interview with Samuel Kenny

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Spanish

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Mexico City, Mexico

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