Latest NewsMexico: PBI Facilitates links between indigenous human rights defender and EU embassiesOn 29 June, 2010, PBI in Mexico facilitated a meeting between human rights lawyer Alba Cruz and the embassies of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, and the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Mexico.  Mexico, soldiers and sexual assault, in the spotlight againOn 27 and 28 May, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard another case of an indigenous Mexican woman raped by soldiers. Valentina Ronsendo Cantú, of the Tlapanec Me`paa people, was 17 when she was attacked as she washed...  Mexico before the Inter-American Court of Human RightsInés Fernando Ortega was at home with her four children on 22 March 2002, when soldiers came uninvited into her home. The three men wanted to interrogate her about the meat she was drying outside, but when she failed to answer...  Threatened Mexican human rights lawyer visits UKOn 4 and 5 May, Alba Cruz visited the UK as part of a wider tour of Europe, to highlight the human rights situation in Oaxaca State, which has deteriorated dramatically since 2006. Alba is a member of the Committee 25 November,... Mexico in the docks again - interview with Inés Fernandez OrtegaIn Lima, Peru, on Thursday 15 April 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held a public hearing of the claims made by indigenous Me’phaa woman, Inés Fernández Ortega, against the Mexican State. Trends of repression for human rights defenders at risk - article by PBI intern Elena RosiniOn 30 December 2009, Margaret Sekaggya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, issued her latest report, highlighting the issues that defenders face globally. The trends of repression underlined... Protection manuals for human rights defenders availableThe Protection Handbook for Human Rights Defenders was published in 2007 by Front Line. It is a revised and condensed version of the Protection Manual produced in collaboration with PBI in 2005 (written by Enrique Eguren). |
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