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PBI Mexico: Civil society and authorities from Oaxaca discuss security and protection of human rights defenders

Mexico D.F., 31 January 2014. Today PBI observed a roundtable between human rights defenders and governmental authorities in Oaxaca. Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Governor of Oaxaca, presided over the meeting and heard directly from defenders their concerns, demands and proposals. This was the second roundtable between the Government and civil society to discuss the risk situation of human rights defenders. The first one took place in November 2013 at PBI's initiative.

Twenty-two international organizations deplore the affirmed conviction (on appeal) of Colombian human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo

On 10 December, international Human Rights Day, twenty-two international organizations and networks deplored the conviction and imprisonment of David Crespo and urged the Colombia government to take appropriate measures  to guarantee the fundamental rights of David Ravelo and to address the irregularities that have been denounced since his imprisonment so that the trial is compliant with Colombian law and international standards of due process.

Civil Society Organizations: On International Human Rights Day, civil society organizations urge the Mexican State to protect human rigths defenders and journalists

Mexico D.F. 9 December 2013. Several civil society organizations urge the Mexican government to protect human rights defenders and journalists. They highlight the context of repeated attacks and acts of aggression against defenders and journalists and remind the commitments made by the Interior Ministry on the matter.

 

See below the press release issued by the organizations (in Spanish):

 

 

PBI Mexico: New video featuring Alma Garcia, from the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights, aboout disappearances in Coahuila

Mexico D.F., 14 November 2013. Watch the video featuring Alma García, from the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights, about disappearances in Coahuila. Fray Juan de Larios supports the families organized at the United Forces for Our Disappeared in Coahuila (FUUNDEC).

PBI Mexico: New video featuring Alma Garcia, from the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights, aboout disappearances in Coahuila

Mexico D.F., 14 November 2013. Watch the video featuring Alma García, from the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights, about disappearances in Coahuila. Fray Juan de Larios supports the families organized at the United Forces for Our Disappeared in Coahuila (FUUNDEC).

PBI Mexico: PBI interviews Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights at the Interior Ministry

Mexico D.F., 1 November 2013. PBI interviewed Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights at the Interior Ministry (SEGOB) and Executive Coordinator of the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.

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