2020 annual report
2020 has been a year that we will never forget and that brought us countless challenges.
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“There can not be development while our rights are being violated” The struggle of the indigenous communities of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec against the Interoceanic Corridor project and its industrial development hubs.
The midday sun burns relentlessly on the small patio of Santa María Mixtequilla (SMM) in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where 50 people have gathered. Some of the women try to keep cool with paper fans, while the men wear large sombreros to alleviate the heat of Istmo. An elderly man stands up and speaks decisively, while the crowd shows their support for his words with subtle movements of their heads: “they want to pay us for a metre of land with the value of a kilo of tortillas”.
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PBI felicita al Espacio OSC por sus 10 años de incansable labor a favor de las personas defensoras y periodistas en México
Del 17 al 19 de mayo pasado, se celebró en CDMX la Jornada internacional por el derecho a defender derechos y la libertad de expresión.
Organizada por el Espacio OSC, la jornada se realizó en el marco de su décimo aniversario e inició con la realización de un seminario internacional en el cual participaron expertos y expertas internacionales, personas defensoras, periodistas y autoridades mexicanas, en el que se dialogó sobre distintas experiencias de creación de políticas públicas de protección en la región latinoamericana.
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2020 annual report
2020 has been a year that we will never forget and that brought us countless challenges.
English
ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH DIALOGUE
Human Rights Defenders from Civil Society in Mexico and Europe met through Human Rights Trialogue with representatives of Mexican Government and the European Union
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The sanitary emergency restrictions have mainly benefited the extractivist sector
During the pandemic, the construction of energy and infrastructure megaprojects continued, as they were considered essential activities.
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PBI-Mexico accompanied ASMAC and Educa Oaxaca meet with Global Affairs Canada officials
On March 10, 2021, PBI-Canada organized a virtual meeting for Isela Gonzalez of Alianza Sierra Madre (ASMAC) in Chihuahua, Neftali Reyes of Services for an Alternative Education (Educa) in Oaxaca, and Rubén Flores from the community of Magdalena Ocotlán.
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Towards the eradication of murders and threats against human rights defenders in Mexico
On March 11, 2021, the parallel event took place within the framework of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights C
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