Mexico City, 7 April 2016.– Don't miss our April Newsletter for the latest news on Human Rights in Mexico!
Topics include:PBI's statement on the risk situation of Cristina Auerbach; European Speaking Tour of Alba Cruz from Codigo-DH; an interview with the German Ambassador in Mexico; IACHR report that confirms “severe Human Rights crisis” in Mexico; and many others.
Read it here: bit.ly/News1604.
Mexico City, 31 March 2016.– Due to the recent intimitadion and slander suffered by the Human Rights Defender Cristina Auerbach, PBI calls on the Mexican Government to take the actions required to guarantee her security and the one of the other members of the Pasta de Conchos Family Organization. Likewise, PBI requests Mexican authorities to publicly recognise the legitimate work carried out by the Organisation.
Mexico City, 25 March 2016.– PBI accompanies a number of Human Rights Defenders who work in contexts of large scale development projects and thus decided to publish a gathering of some experiences.
Read it here: bit.ly/ThinkResist
San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 23 March 2016.– The NGOs part of the Network of International Accompaniment and Observation Organizations condemn the killings of Human Rights Defenders Berta Caceres and Nelson Garcia, and demand protection for Gustavo Castro.
Download and read the full statement in Spanish here: bit.ly/BertaNelson.
Mexico City, 18 March 2016.– Due to the numerous human rights violations suffered by migrants in the state of Coahuila, PBI finds the decisi
Mexico City, 19 February 2015.– 10 years ago today, on February 19, 2006, an enormous explosion left 65 miners trapped in the Mine no. 8 of the Pasta de Conchos Unit of “Grupo Mexico”´s coal mine in Coahuila. In the years following the disaster, family members of the victims have come together to highlight the precarious working conditions in the area and to demand the retrieval of their bodies of their loved ones (only two bodies have been retrieved to date).
Mexico City, 16 February 2015.– In Mexico, the mission addressed a large number of human rights issues, focusing in particular in the following three areas: the situation of human rights defenders and of journalists; violence against women and women's political participation, and the disappearance of the 43 teaching students from Iguala.
Mexico City, 9 February 2015.– On the occasion of the visit of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) to Mexico 9 and 10 February, PBI along with other international organizations, states a number of concrete recommendations of issues to include in the high level dialogue meetings with Mexican authorities.