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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Mexico: Freedom of expression still under attack as six ...
21 May 2012

Six journalists have been killed in less than a month in Mexico, raising grave concerns about freedom of expression.

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Mexico: Human rights defenders at risk
18 May 2012

A human rights defender was kidnapped on 15 May, and held prisoner for almost a day: his organization has received threatening messages. All the members of the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/033/2012

Mexico: Further information: Armed men threaten migrants in Mexico
8 May 2012

Two migrants were threatened by armed men outside a migrants' shelter in Lechería, Mexico State. The lives of migrants, staff and volunteers at the shelter are ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/032/2012

Mexico: It is time for Mexico to implement the protection ...
1 May 2012

Amnesty International. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 41/029/2012. 1 May, 2012. It is time for Mexico to implement the protection mechanism ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/029/2012

Mexico: The protection of human rights defenders and journalists ...
25 April 2012

AMN ESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 41/027/2012. 25 April 2012. M e xico: The protection of human rights defenders ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/027/2012

Mexico: Open letter to the Senate of the Republic of Mexico
23 April 2012

Company Registration: 01606776 Registered in England and Wales Ref: TG AMR 41/2012.019 AI Index: AMR 41/026/2012 Dear members of the Senate of the Republic of ...

Open Letter       AMR 41/026/2012

Mexico: State agents threaten migrant shelter staff
19 April 2012

Government agents have attempted to get into a migrants' shelter in the south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco. The human rights defenders who staff the shelter ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/025/2012

Mexico: Full investigation urged into killing of man who denounced ...
18 April 2012

A Mexican man who denounced federal police for kidnapping, torture and extortion has been found dead.

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Mexico: Migrants' rights defender threatened: Father Alejandro ...
18 April 2012

Mexican priest Father Alejandro Solalinde Guerra has been threatened with death as a result of his work defending migrants' rights. His life is at risk.

Urgent Action       AMR 41/024/2012

Mexico: Further information: Colleagues and family still receiving ...
17 April 2012

Human rights defenders working on behalf of trade unionist Marcelino Coache, and his family, continue to be threatened and intimidated in Oaxaca, Mexico in a pattern ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/023/2012