PBI Mexico: Civil society organizations welcome the withdrawal of Mexico's reservation to the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
Mexico D.F., 5 February 2014.
Mexico D.F., 5 February 2014.
Mexico D.F., 31 January 2014. Today PBI observed a roundtable between human rights defenders and governmental authorities in Oaxaca. Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Governor of Oaxaca, presided over the meeting and heard directly from defenders their concerns, demands and proposals. This was the second roundtable between the Government and civil society to discuss the risk situation of human rights defenders. The first one took place in November 2013 at PBI's initiative.
Mexico D.F., 29 January 2014.
Mexico D.F., 9 January 2014.
Mexico D.F., 17 January 2014. PBI is seriously concerned over unfounded allegations against the Cerezo Committee and calls on the authorities to guarantee their safety. The Cerezo Committee, organization accompanied by PBI since 2002, carries out the legitimate defense and promotion of human rights in Mexico.
Mexico D.F. 9 December 2013. Several civil society organizations urge the Mexican government to protect human rights defenders and journalists. They highlight the context of repeated attacks and acts of aggression against defenders and journalists and remind the commitments made by the Interior Ministry on the matter.
See below the press release issued by the organizations (in Spanish):
Mexico D.F., 14 November 2013. Watch the video featuring Alma García, from the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights, about disappearances in Coahuila. Fray Juan de Larios supports the families organized at the United Forces for Our Disappeared in Coahuila (FUUNDEC).
Mexico D.F., 1 November 2013. PBI interviewed Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights at the Interior Ministry (SEGOB) and Executive Coordinator of the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.
Chihuahua, 01 October 2013. PBI Mexico opened its new team in the north of the country today. The team covers the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.