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5 May 2016
Mexico City, 5 May 2016.– Don't miss our May Newsletter for the latest news on Human Rights in Mexico!
Topics include: the hearings at the IACHR; the release of the GIEI's final report on Ayotzinapa; an update on the risk situation of Cristina Auerbach; a campaign against arbitrary detentions by several national and international NGOs; a Training for Trainers on security and protection; and many others.
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7 April 2016
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.
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31 March 2016
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.
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25 March 2016
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
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23 March 2016
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.
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18 March 2016
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19 February 2016
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).
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16 February 2016
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.