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Mexican states must end impunity for enforced disappearances ...
18 January 2012

All Mexican states must adopt legislation to ban enforced disappearances, which have been on the rise in recent years as the authorities take on organized crime ...

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Mexico: Demand law to ban enforced disappearance
17 January 2012

From 19 January 2012, the state government and legislature of Nuevo León, northern Mexico, are considering a proposed bill to criminalise enforced disappearance ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/003/2012

Mexico: Families divided after raid on community
11 January 2012

Seventy-one members of a Guatemalan community who had sought refuge in Tabasco state, Mexico, have been detained by Mexican authorities and taken to a migrant detention ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/002/2012

Wire, January/February 2012. Vol. 42, issue 01
1 January 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Life after eviction: The young women of Njemanze 3) Death from the skies 4) A migrant's journey 5) Stand up for the rights of migrants ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2012

International Migrants Day: Mexico still failing to protect ...
15 December 2011

Despite official pledges to protect migrants passing through Mexico, they still face widespread and systematic human rights abuses.

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Amnesty International | INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY: MEXICO STILL ...
15 December 2011

The Mexican government has failed to live up to its promise to protect migrants from widespread human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today, ahead of ...

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Mexico urged to investigate student deaths in clash with police ...
13 December 2011

Two students were killed when Mexican police used force to break up a protest blocking a motorway in the south of the country.

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Mexico: Further information: Further fears for shelter staff and ...
13 December 2011

Staff, volunteers and migrants at the San Juan Diego migrants' shelter in Lecheria, Mexico state, are at risk of attack after local community members held a protest ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/088/2011

Mexican peace activists abducted and killed
9 December 2011

Two environmental activists have been abducted in Mexico. There is serious concern for their safety. This follows the recent abduction of a local community leader ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/084/2011

Mexico: Further information: Defenders facing increasing threat
9 December 2011

Norma Esther Andrade was discharged from hospital on 6 December 2011, even though she had not recovered, because staff treating her received threats. A banner containing ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/082/2011