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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Mexico: Further information: Indigenous activist freed but still ...
23 March 2012

Maximino García Catarino, a leading member of the Organization for the Future of the Mixteco People, was released from prison in Ayutla de Los Libres, Guerrero ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/021/2012

Mexico: Indigenous people attacked, threatened
20 March 2012

Community leader and human rights defender Bernardo Vásquez Sánchez was shot dead on 14 March. His brother and cousin, also members of the community organization ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/020/2012

Mexico urged to protect human rights defenders and journalists ...
16 March 2012

Two new measures to protect Mexico's journalists and human rights defenders need swift backing from federal and state authorities.

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Mexico: Further information: Indigenous rights activist facing ...
12 March 2012

On 15 March 2012, the case of Maximino García Catarino will go to a Mexican appeal court to challenge his committal to trial on a charge of murder. He is a human ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/019/2012

Mexico: Further information: New break-in at women's rights ...
9 March 2012

The offices of Mexican women's rights organization Consorcio Oaxaca have been broken into again, and the staff have been threatened. Their human rights work for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/017/2012

Mexico: Enforced disappearance, a state crime ignored and ...
8 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AMR 41/018/2012. 8 March 2012. Mexico: Enf orced disappearance , a state crime ignored and downplayed. ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/018/2012

Letter Writing Marathon 2011: Final report
1 March 2012

In 2011, 14 cases of individuals at risk were selected to feature in the Letter Writing Marathon. The aim of "Write for Rights" is to bring about change in the ...

Report       ACT 30/038/2012

Mexico: Soldiers threaten murder victim's relatives
29 February 2012

An Indigenous man was fatally shot by soldiers on 3 February: his relatives have been threatened to stop them calling for justice. Their lives are in danger.

Urgent Action       AMR 41/014/2012

Mexico: Further information: Mexican human rights defender ...
27 February 2012

Mexican human rights defender Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez was released on bail on 24 February. The charges against her remain and she is at risk of an unfair ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/013/2012

Mexico: Mexican human rights defender arrested: Lucila Bettina ...
23 February 2012

Mexican human rights defender Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez was arrested on 22 February. The information available suggests that she is the target of unfounded ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/012/2012