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Mexico: Letter to the Presidents of Mexico and USA
30 April 2013

Open Letter       AMR 41/020/2013

Mexico: Article 19 staff threatened in Mexico City
25 April 2013

An anonymous threatening letter was received by Article 19, a human rights organization which works on the right to freedom of expression at their country headquarters ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/021/2013

Mexico: Further information: Safety concerns for migrants' shelter ...
11 April 2013

There are increasing concerns for the safety of staff and migrants at La 72 migrants' shelter in Tenosique, southern state of Tabasco, Mexico. This follows further ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/018/2013

Mexico: Human rights organization attacked in Mexico
8 April 2013

The office of a human rights organization in Chihuahua in northern Mexico has been attacked. This could be connected to their work on human rights and the staff's ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/017/2013

Mexico: Further information: Threats due to wind farm opposition ...
5 April 2013

Human rights organization and activists continue to be threatened and harassed believed to be as a result of their opposition to the construction of a wind farm ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/016/2013

Mexico: Two men allegedly executed by Mexican army
28 March 2013

The Mexican Army killed two young men in disputed circumstances in the town of Nuevo Laredo. Relatives are seeking a full investigation into evidence that the two ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/015/2013

Mexico: Activist receives death threat: Filiberto Vicente Aquino
27 March 2013

Activist and radio presenter, Filiberto Vicente Aquino, received a death threat on 20 March 2013 after covering a press conference about the opposition to the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/013/2013

Mexico: Further information: More threats made against migrants' ...
20 March 2013

There are new reports of threats against La 72 migrants' shelter and its director in Tenosique, southern state of Tabasco, Mexico. The lives of the shelter director ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/012/2013

Mexico: Irregular migrants in Mexico: Ten urgent measures to save ...
12 March 2013

The number of irregular migrants crossing Mexico increased in 2012 and routine abductions, sexual violence, forced recruitment into criminal gangs, people trafficking ...

Document       AMR 41/011/2013

Mexico: Death threat for defending migrants
11 March 2013

A man believed to be involved in extortion of money from irregular migrants has threatened to kill an activist for migrants' rights in southern Mexico.

Urgent Action       AMR 41/010/2013