HRW urges Peña Nieto to define human rights plan
12/11/12 – José Miguel Vivanco, Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), has sent a letter to President Enrique Peña Nieto inquiring about his commitment to defending […]
Category Archives: Torture
Chamber of Deputies to Discuss the Abolishment of Arraigo
11/27/12 – Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, representative of Citizen’s Movement party (Movimiento Ciudadano, MC) recently presented a bill before the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) to eradicate a form of preventative […]
Violent Weekend in Mexico as 33 Bodies Discovered
09/18/12 – Mexico experienced a violent weekend as 33 bodies were found in a three day span in what appears to be three drug-related incidents. In the first discovery, nine […]
Attacked indigenous community in Michoacán demands increased security measures
07/20/12 – Over the last two weeks, citizens of Cherán–a semi-autonomous municipality in the state of Michoacán populated by members of the Purépecha indigenous group–have mobilized a series of demonstrations […]
National Commission on Human Rights Reports on Complaints and Violations
9/19/11 — On the September 15 International Day of Democracy, the National Commission on Human Rights (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos México, CNDH) held a forum and released a […]
