March in memory of 1968 student protesters
(3 Oct 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of protesters running down street at start of march 2. Various of protesters holding banners and marching 3. Close up of people painting wall saying: "no forgiveness neither forgetfulness" 4. Wide young people shouting "dressed with green clothes, politically alive they are not dead" 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Teacher, no name given: "Everything is still unresolved. We are remembering the killings (of students in 1968). We don't want a repeat in this country but we have knowledge and evidence that repression continues in some parts of the country, as in Atenco, Oaxaca." 6. Mid shot of protesters in street 7. Mid shot of police officers 8. Close up of police officer's sunglasses 9. Pan left from police officers to protesters marching 10. Close up of protester carrying banner saying: genocide, stop impunity STORYLINE: Activists protested in Mexico City on Tuesday, to commemorate the massacre of student protesters by government troops in 1968. The killings in Mexico City's Tlatelolco square occurred when soldiers and government agents opened fire on what was a student pro-democracy march. Official reports said 25 people were killed, but human rights activists say as many as 350 may have died. "Everything is still unresolved. We are remembering the killings. We don't want a repeat in this country but we have knowledge and evidences that repression continues in some parts of the country," one protester said. Following the 1968 killings, the government,discouraged radio stations from playing rock and roll, which it associated with rebellion, immorality and social unrest. The two national television networks, one owned by the government and the other closely allied to it, largely stopped airing rock n'roll. Also on Tuesday two members of the US rock group the Doors said the authorities had prevented them from holding an outdoor concert in 1969, at the beginning of what many call a 20-year de-facto ban on rock concerts in Mexico. Speaking in Mexico City before a planned concert at the National Auditorium, the musicians discussed government repression against young people and their music in the years following the 1968 massacre. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
