Mexico: Further information on death threats / fear for safety

Pilar Noriega (f), and Digna Ochoa (f), both human rights lawyers: On 28 August 1996 the above received an anonymous letter announcing their death in a week’s time. This is the latest of a series of threats against members of the Human Rights Centre Agustin Pro-Juarez (PRODH), which appear to be related to the lawyers’ work in defending seven people imprisoned under unfounded charges of having links with an armed opposition group (EZLN, Zapatista National Liberation Army).

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