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Press Release
Mexico: Human Rights Organizations Urge State Department to Withhold Security Funds for Mexico Until Mexico Demonstrates Concrete Progress on Human Rights
In advance of a Congressional hearing on U.S.-Mexico security cooperation and funding, a coalition of Mexican, U.S. and...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Mexico: New Amnesty International Report Documents
Tens of Thousands of Migrants are Prey to Kidnapping, Extortion, Beatings and Murder by Criminal Gangs, as Mexican...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
USA: Amnesty International Will Demonstrate In Support of Mexican Women of Atenco
Amnesty International will hold a rally at the Mexican consulate in Washington D.C. to support women in San Salvador Atenco,...
March 27, 2011
Report
Mexico: Torture and sexual violence against women detained in San Salvador Atenco – Two years of injustice and impunity
The second anniversary of the events that took place in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico State, is approaching without substantial advances for the victims that suffered sexual violence at the hands of the police on May 3 and 4, 2006.
March 27, 2011
Report
Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico
Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico Available in PDF only
March 26, 2011
Report
Mexico: Standing up for justice and dignity: Human rights defenders in Mexico
Mexico is a dangerous place for human rights defenders. They face threats, harassment and intimidation, spurious criminal...
March 26, 2011
Report
Mexico: New reports of human rights violations by the military
Amnesty International is receiving increasing allegations of serious human rights violations, such as enforced...
March 26, 2011
Report
Mexico: Justice fails in Ciudad Juarez and the city of Chihuahua
The Governor of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico said recently that international attention on the situation in Ciudad...
March 26, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Mexico 2011
Head of state and government: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 110.6 million Life expectancy: 76.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 22/18 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 92.9 per cent Thousands of people were abducted and killed by criminal gangs. Police and military forces deployed to combat gangs were responsible for grave human rights violations. Serious deficiencies in the judicial system and oversight mechanisms persisted and impunity for human rights violations was the norm. Several human rights defenders and journalists were killed, threatened and harassed. Promised protection measures and new procedures to investigate attacks were still pending at…
March 19, 2011