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PBI is recruiting new volunteers : the call for applications is open from march 1st to 31st.The Interamerican Court of Human Rights finds Mexico guilty for the forced disappearance of Rosendo RadillaOn Tuesday 15th of December, 2009, the Interamerican Court of Human Rights published its sentence against the Mexican State in the case of Rosendo Radilla, disappeared after being detained in a military road block in Atoyac de Alvarez, Guerrero, in August 1974. PBI accompanies Tita Radilla, daughter of Rosendo Radilla, since 2003. See more in Latest News from PBI Mexico. The significance of the Radilla rulingBy Dr Peter Watt, University of Sheffield A glimmer of hope has emerged in the struggle against impunity for human rights violations in Mexico. Human rights organisations continually document ongoing abuses by the authorities, yet against a background of silence, denial and intimidation, the outlook and prospects for truth and justice often appear bleak. Besides ongoing injustices, there are past crimes the Mexican government says human rights campaigners should forget, like that of the forced disappearance of Rosendo Radilla from Atoyac de Álvarez in Guerrero state 35 years ago at the height of what is now labelled Mexico’s own guerra sucia, or dirty war. Read More
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NewsPBI México seeking New Volunteers!
PBI Mexico: Release of Juan Manual, Oaxaca PBI Mexico : New organisation accompanied in Oaxaca: Committee 25 November Letter from the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center Amnesty International Report on Human Rights Defenders in Mexico |
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