Day of the Dead
Each year, PEN International launches a Day of the Dead campaign to honour journalists murdered in Latin America over the past year.
From 31 October to 13 November, we remember media editors, columnists and journalists who were killed in possible connection with their work.
Our Day of the Dead campaigns
No One Guaranteed Their Safety
On the Day of the Dead, we joined partner organisations to honour the journalists in Mexico who have been killed for their work. This act of remembrance was also an urgent appeal: violence against the press had reached alarming levels in the region, and in Mexico, practising journalism carried deadly risks. Together, we delivered a letter to the Mexican Embassy, calling on the Mexican State to acknowledge this reality and to take immediate action to protect journalists and end impunity for crimes against the press.