Washington, March 18, 2010

Urgent Action

Amnesty Inernational

March 10th 2010

Oaxacan political activist Juan Manuel Martínez and his lawyer, Alba Cruz, have been threatened. Juan Manuel Martínez, who was recently released from prison, is in danger of being arrested and charged a second time with the same crime on the basis of the same evidence.

Greetings from PBI Mexico training team!

We are glad to inform you that the call for applications is open from march 1st to 31st. Next training will take place in Lisbon (Portugal) from june 26th to july 4th.

Find out more about the application process and volunteering in Spanish.

Download the entire Chapter on Mexico : Human Right Watch 2010 World Report

The organization's 20th annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major human rights trends in more than 90 nations and territories worldwide, reflecting the extensive investigative work carried out in 2009 by Human Rights Watch staff.

Download the 2010 Amnesty Report on Human Rights Defenders in Mexico

The Mexican authorities are failing in their duty to protect human rights defenders from killings and life-threatening harassment and attacks, Amnesty International warned in a new report presented in the Ciudad de Mexico, on 21 January 2010.

Impunity Issue in the State of Guerrero

Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero,8th of February 2010

Since December 2009

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18 February 2010.

A Mexican Federal Court today ordered the release of Juan Manuel Martinez due to lack of evidence. He had been detained since 2008 for the murder of US video journalist Brad Will who was shot when filming a confrontation between protesters and local police during the social conflict in Oaxaca in 2006.