José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s international
legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be
stopped.
Thousands of women across Mexico suffer violence in their homes. Read some of their stories.
Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.
Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
Almost one in four women in Mexico has suffered physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner. See more facts ans figures on the issue of violence against women in Mexico.
Amnesty International today urged the US Congress to maintain human rights safeguards in the Merida initiative – legislation to fund a security cooperation package between the US, Mexico and Central America.
A prisoner of conscience and mother-of-five has been released from prison in Mexico after spending more than 18 months in custody.
Amnesty International welcomes the release on 9 November of prisoner of conscience Magdalena García Durán, and calls on the state and federal authorities to acknowledge that the May 2006 police operation in Atenco has resulted in many unjust and unfounded judicial proceedings.
Several thousand people, primarily peasant farmers and others from poor
Indigenous communities, are at risk of being displaced by plans to
build a dam in Mexico.
In June 2006, widespread protests demanding the resignation of the
State Governor erupted in Oaxaca State. Oaxaca City was brought to a
standstill for several months.
