Mission of international civil society observers to visit Mexico to provide visibility to the work of human rights defenders in the country 10- 14 November 2014
Mexico City, November 6, 2014
PBI Mexico: Joint open letter calling on the European Union to take urgent action on the violent events in Iguala, Mexico, which left 6 persons dead, over 20 injured, and 43 disappeared
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Ms Federica Mogherini
Designated High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
PBI Mexico: Joint open letter calling on the European Union to take urgent action on the violent events in Iguala, Mexico, which left 6 persons dead, over 20 injured, and 43 disappeared
Baroness Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the European Union
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Ms Federica Mogherini
Designated High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Tlachinollan: URGENT ACTION Grave Human Rights Violations Committed Against Students from the Raul Isidro Burgos Rural School on 26 September, 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero
PBI expresses profound concern over the events of the 26-27 of september in Iguala, Guerrero in which 6 people were killed, 20 injured and 55 more have disappeared. We are also concerned for the physical and psychological wellbeing of the students, their families and the members of human rights organizations that are supporting them, among them the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center, accompanied by PBI in Guerrero since 2001.
Get involved! We're accepting new volunteers
Mexico City, September 18th 2014 – The Mexico Project is looking for new volunteers for the 2015 selection process. Applications will be accepted until November 30, 2014. The Training will take place 21-29 March 2015. Please contact the Training Committee to send in your application or with any questions. Find out more here.
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Bar Human Rights Committee submits amicus brief to Colombian Supreme Court on David Ravelo appeal case
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of Colombia in the case of David Ravelo Crespo, a Colombian human rights defender who has been in prison since 2010. Mr Ravelo is a member of CREDHOS, a regional human rights organisation in the Magdalena Medio region.
PBI Mexico: Organizations mark the day of the victims of disappearance
Mexico City, September 1st 2014 – On August 30, throughout the country CSOs and families of victims of disappearance gathered together to mark the international day of the victims of enforced disappearance.
