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Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Amnesty International | Mexico must free indigenous activists ...
13 June 2012

The Mexican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two indigenous men imprisoned after an unfair trial in the central state of Puebla.

Press Release      

Mexico must free indigenous activists jailed on trumped-up charges ...
13 June 2012

Indigenous activists José Ramón Aniceto Gómez and Pascual Agustín Cruz are victims of a justice system that often discriminates against poor and indigenous people ...

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Mexico: Mother and son harassed by police in Mexico
6 June 2012

Mexico: Mother and son harassed by police in Mexico

Urgent Action       AMR 41/040/2012

Indigenous community threatened in Mexico
1 June 2012

The community of Valle del Río San Pedro in south-western Mexico received a death threat on 19 May ordering them to leave their homes. Members of the community ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/039/2012

Freedom and justice for José Ramón and Pascual | Amnesty ...
29 May 2012

Two indigenous human rights defenders from Mexico have been imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.

Action Document      

Mexico: Human rights must be at the heart of the electoral agenda
25 May 2012

Mexico is preparing for elections that will set its path for the next six years. However, the need to strengthen the protection and effective exercise of human ...

Document       AMR 41/036/2012

Mexico: Documentation of the case of José Ramón Aniceto Gómez ...
25 May 2012

José Ramón Aniceto Gómez and Pascual Agustín Cruz are indigenous human rights defenders from the Nahuan community of Atla. In 2010, they were detained, tried and ...

Document       AMR 41/035/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Mexico: Death threat for human rights lawyer: Vidulfo Rosales ...
23 May 2012

Human rights defender and lawyer, Vidulfo Rosales Sierra, from Guerrero State, Mexico received an anonymous death threat on 4 May. His life and those of his colleagues ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/034/2012