Further information on UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/008/2012 Issue Date: 6 February 2012

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On 3 February, Norma Andrade was attacked with a knife by an unknown man at her home in Mexico City. There are grave fears for her safety and that of her colleagues and family. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 25/12 Index: AMR 41/007/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

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A human rights defender of the Na Savi Indigenous people (known in Spanish as Mixteco), has been arrested by state judicial police in south-western Mexico. He is in danger of an unfair trial. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 351/11 Index: AMR 41/006/2012 Issue Date: 23 January 2012

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The families of two missing environmental activists in Guerrero state, Mexico, have reported being threatened and followed after making a complaint about the activists' enforced disappearance. They and other relatives are in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 19/12 Mexico Index: AMR 41/005/2012 Issue Date: 20/01/2012

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The relatives of three men who have filed complaints for torture while in military custody have been threatened and intimidated by military personnel at their homes in Baja California state, Mexico. Amnesty International fears for their safety. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 15/12 Index: AMR 41/004/2012 Issue Date: 19 January 2012

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Students who suffered torture and ill-treatment at the hands of state and federal police during a protest in Guerrero state, Mexico, are filing a complaint with federal and state prosecutors. There are fears that the complaint may lead to reprisals against them. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 11/12 Index: AMR 41/003/2012 Issue Date: 17 January 2012

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From 19 January, the state government and legislature of Nuevo León, northern Mexico, are considering a proposed bill to criminalise enforced disappearance. With 50,000 people killed and thousands missing in Mexico since 2006, this is a crucial opportunity to increase the chance of justice for people who are abducted and disappeared. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 340/11 Index: AMR 41/002/2012 Issue Date: 11 January 2012

Seventy-one members of a Guatemalan community who had sought refuge in Tabasco state, Mexico, have been detained by Mexican authorities and taken to a migrant detention centre. Over 100 members of the community remain in Tabasco state. Those detained include children, and some families have apparently been divided. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 16/11 Index: AMR 41/088/2011 Issue Date: 13 December 2011

Staff, volunteers and migrants at the San Juan Diego migrants’ shelter in Lecheria, Mexico state, are at risk of attack after local community members held a protest outside the shelter and demanded its closure. This follows a pattern of intimidation and harassment against the shelter. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 349/11 Index: AMR 41/080/2011 Issue Date: 5 December 2011

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Human rights defender Norma Esther Andrade was shot by an unknown gunman at her home in Chihuhua state, northern Mexico on 2 December. There are grave fears for her security, and that of her family and colleagues. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further Information on UA: 285/11 Index: AMR 41/062/2011 Issue Date: 4 October 2011

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Following the disappearance of eight members of the Muñoz family by six armed men in Chihuahua state, Mexico, their family have received threatening telephone calls. [ Lire la suite » ]