The United Nations, Amnesty International, Washington Office on Latin America, Human Rights Watch and other organisations have commented on the proposed reform of the military justice system, sent by President Felipe Calderón to the Mexican Congress on October 18, arguing that the proposal does not go far enough to ensure that all crimes committed against civilians by members of the Mexican armed forces be tried in civilian courts.

Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno has once again been the victim of intimidation; his house in Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca was raided on the 24^th September 2010. Martínez Moreno and his family have been subject to harassment and surveillance since his release from jail in February 2010. In response, they have requested precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to guarantee their safety.

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In the days following the release of the indigenous human rights defender <media 6746>Raúl Hernández Abundio</media>, who was imprisoned unfairly for more than two years, PBI has become increasingly concerned by the growing wave of aggressions against the human rights defenders whom we accompany in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero.

On August 27, in an event in Mexico City, the Cerezo Committee Mexico celebrated its ninth annivesary as an organisation in defence of human rights, and also presented its new report Prison: a form of criminalisation of social protest in Mexico (2002-2008). Emilio Álvarez Icaza, human rights specialist, has described the report as “basic material for any political debate about justice”.