Almost one in four women in Mexico has suffered physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner. See more facts ans figures on the issue of violenc
Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety serious
Amnesty International today urged the US Congress to maintain human rights safeguards in the Merida initiative – legislation to fund a security cooperation packa
Amnesty International welcomes the release on 9 November of prisoner of conscience Magdalena García Durán, and calls on the state and federal authorities
2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen
Several thousand people, primarily peasant farmers and others from poor
Indigenous communities, are at risk of being displaced by plans to
build a dam in Mexico.
In June 2006, widespread protests demanding the resignation of the
State Governor erupted in Oaxaca State. Oaxaca City was brought to a
standstill for several months
