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Mexico: Spike in torture reports reveals deepening human rights crisis
Mexico’s torture epidemic has reached new catastrophic levels with reports of asphyxiation, rape and other sexual abuse, electric shocks and…
October 23, 2015
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Reckless investigation into Mexico disappearances exposes government cover-up
The Mexican authorities’ reckless handling of the investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teaching school…
September 22, 2015
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Mexico: Expert report on Ayotzinapa disappearances highlights government’s incompetence
A new report by a group of experts from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights on the investigation of the…
September 7, 2015
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The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances continue unabated in every region of the world
The use of enforced disappearance by governments to silence its critics and instill fear into targeted groups continues unabated in…
August 27, 2015
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Amnesty International Urges U.S. to Withhold Aid to Mexican Armed Forces
Amnesty International joined with seven other human rights groups to call on the U.S. government to withhold aid to the…
July 9, 2015
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Mexico: Investigate new evidence that a military order may have provoked massacre of 22 people
Mexican civilian authorities must urgently investigate a recently uncovered military document that seems to indicate that the killing of 22…
July 3, 2015
Report
State of the World 2014/2015
This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up…
February 25, 2015
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Mexico: Forensic evidence suggests disappeared students investigation a ‘whitewash’
The Mexican government must urgently address serious flaws in its investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students after forensic…
February 9, 2015
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Letter to Secretary John Kerry on 43 Missing Students in Mexico
In a letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, a group of 14 Senators including Foreign Relations…
November 26, 2014
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Mexico: Attorney General´s announcement on disappeared students exposes government’s failures
The statement by Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam today that the 43 students who disappeared in September could have been…
November 8, 2014
Report
Out of control: Torture and other ill-treatment in Mexico
Anyone arrested in Mexico is potentially at risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Torture…
September 26, 2014
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Amnesty International Launches Worldwide Campaign to Expose Global Crisis on Torture
Amnesty International today launched a new campaign against torture and other ill-treatment, from Chicago to Guantanamo to Nigeria and around…
May 12, 2014