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Press Release
Mexico: Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Take Action Over Collusion Between Criminal Gangs and Police
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 14, 2011Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Take Action Over Collusion Between Criminal Gangs and PoliceContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International has urged the Mexican government to thoroughly investigate links between drug and criminal gangs and public officials, following the arrest this week of 16 police officers accused of working with gang members responsible for mass killings near the U.S. border.More than 120 bodies have been found in the last 10 days alone in mass graves in Tamaulipas state, on a route used by migrants travelling to the United…
May 6, 2011
Press Release
Mexico: Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Conduct Full Investigation into Mass Graves in Tamaulipas
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release:Thursday, April 7, 2011Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Conduct Full Investigation into Mass Graves in Tamaulipas----Graves Demonstrate ‘Mexican Government’s Failure to Deal with the Country’s Public Security Crisis,’ says Human Rights OrganizationContact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) - Amnesty International today urged the Mexican authorities to conduct a full and effective investigation into the deaths of 59 people whose bodies were found in mass graves yesterday on a route used by migrants travelling to the United States.“The mass graves once again show the Mexican government’s failure to deal with the country’s public security…
April 14, 2011
Press Release
Mexico: Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Conduct Full Investigation into Mass Graves in Tamaulipas
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release:Thursday, April 7, 2011Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Conduct Full Investigation into Mass Graves in Tamaulipas----Graves Demonstrate ‘Mexican Government’s Failure to Deal with the Country’s Public Security Crisis,’ says Human Rights OrganizationContact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) - Amnesty International today urged the Mexican authorities to conduct a full and effective investigation into the deaths of 59 people whose bodies were found in mass graves yesterday on a route used by migrants travelling to the United States.“The mass graves once again show the Mexican government’s failure to deal with the country’s public security…
April 14, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Raúl Hernández
Amnesty International Press StatementFor Immediate Release:Tuesday, August 31, 2010Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Raúl HernándezContact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected].(London) - Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández, who was imprisoned for more than two years in Guerrero state on fabricated criminal charges. Following his recent acquittal by a Guerrero state court judge, the organization is calling for an investigation into his unfounded prosecution and for him to be fully compensated for his unfair imprisonment. Raúl Hernández was arrested and accused of the murder of Alejandro Feliciano García on January 1, 2008, in the…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Condemns U.S. Border Patrol?s Fatal Shooting of Mexican Teenager
Amnesty International today condemned the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Mexican boy by a U.S. border patrol officer, who...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls for Restrictions on Taser Use by U.S. Border Police After Death of Mexican Migrant Man
Amnesty International is calling for a review of the U.S. border patrol's policy on use of electro-shock weapons following...
March 27, 2011
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
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Raúl Hernández
Amnesty International Press StatementFor Immediate Release:Tuesday, August 31, 2010Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Raúl HernándezContact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected].(London) - Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández, who was imprisoned for more than two years in Guerrero state on fabricated criminal charges. Following his recent acquittal by a Guerrero state court judge, the organization is calling for an investigation into his unfounded prosecution and for him to be fully compensated for his unfair imprisonment. Raúl Hernández was arrested and accused of the murder of Alejandro Feliciano García on January 1, 2008, in the…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Condemns U.S. Border Patrol?s Fatal Shooting of Mexican Teenager
Amnesty International today condemned the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Mexican boy by a U.S. border patrol officer, who...
March 27, 2011