Mexico City, 2 November 2015.– Between May and December 2015, PBI Mexico will publish a series of interviews with Human Rights Defenders which we accompany or with whom we maintain a close relationship. This month we present an interview with Lucha Castro, co-founder and coordinator of the Centre for the Human Rights of Women (CEDEHM), from Chihuahua.
(Washington D.C) - The President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has labelled as ‘a total disgrace’ the failure of States in the Americas to adequately protect defenders of rights to land, territory and environment, after hearing the testimony of defenders representing a coalition of 39 organisations, at a landmark hearing in Washington D.C.
Mexico City, 9 October 2015.– Between May and December 2015, PBI Mexico will publish a series of interviews with Human Rights Defenders which we accompany or with whom we maintain a close relationship. This month we present an interview with Silvia Rodriguez and Raul Reyes, members of United Forces for Our Disappeared Persons in Coahuila (FUUNDEC), and both of them searching for their children.
Mexico City, September 28th 2014 – The Mexico Project is looking for new volunteers for the 2016 selection process. Applications will be accepted until November 2, 2015. Please contact the Training Committee to send in your application or with any questions. Find out more here.
Mexico City, 26 September 2015.– One year has gone by since the enforced disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa. Maria Luisa Aguilar, International Affairs Coordinator of the Human Rights Centre Tlachinollan, which legally represents the parents of Ayotzinapa, tells PBI Mexico how both the Mexican State and the International Community have reacted to the Ayotzinapa case.
We share an update about the increase in threats and intimidations against the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya, San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, in the Department of Guatemala.
Mexico City, 1 September 2015.– Between May and December 2015, PBI Mexico will publish a series of interviews with Human Rights Defenders which we accompany or with whom we maintain a close relationship. This month we present an interview with Blanca Martinez, director of the Fray Juan de Larios Diocesan Center for Human Rights of Saltillo, Coahuila.