During the opening of the citizen and media congress: Joint Action, the national President of the Integral Development of the Family(DIF), Margarita Zavala, asked citizens to overcome fear, have confidence, …
According to La Jornada, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned the assassination of journalist, José Bladimir Antuna García, writer for the newspaper, Tiempo de Durango. The commission called on …
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According to the newspaper, El Universal, only 15 out of 100 crimes are reported in Mexico, leaving 85 crimes and criminals in impunity. There has been concern about this situation …
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Last month Arturo Chávez Chávez, a former Chihuahua state prosecutor, was confirmed as Mexico’s new attorney general. A position dependant on the nomination of the President of the Republic but …
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On Friday September 25th relatives of disappeared persons in Tijuana took public action demanding attention and acknowledgement from the government. Following in the tradition of Argentina’s Mothers of Plaza de …
In his last address to representatives of the congress of Mexico City (DF) as president of the DF Human Rights Commission (CDHDF), Emilio ÁlvarezIcaza applauded the progress his organization has …
Nearing the end of his term, Mexico City human rights ombudsman reports on his tenure Read More »
MaximianoBarbosa, founder of El Barzón, an agricultural debtors advocacy organization, was critically injured in an attack in the state of Jalisco in late August. Barbosa’s son was also injured in …
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Américo Delgado, former defense attorney for the Arellano Félix brothers Osiel Cárdenas Guillén and Alfredo BeltránLeyva, was stabbed to death in his Mexico State office by three assailants late August, …
Jacinta Francisco, an Otomí indigenous woman from the state of Querétaro, was released from prison September 16 when a district judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to convict her …
Jacqueline Peschard, the president of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (IFAI) urged Mexico’s Congress to consider ways to make government agencies and elected officials more accountable for …
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