On 29 June 2011, Rafael Rodriguez Dircio, a member of the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Me'phaa (OPIM - Indigenous Me'phaa People's Organisation), and beneficiary of provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, was arrested at a police checkpoint and imprisoned in Ayutla de los Libres, charged by the Procuraduría General de Justicia (Attorney General) of Guerrero State.
On June 16 reopening the office of the Center for Human Rights Tlachinollan in Ayutla, Guerrero state.
Six judges, 12 prosecutors and 334 defence lawyers were murdered in Colombia’s ‘judicial war’ between 2003 and 2009, a report by a delegation of British and international lawyers has claimed.
The report, published last week, found that Colombian lawyers still live in constant fear of assassination, and of verbal and physical threats from guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and members of the armed forces.
With this special bulletin, PBI aims to provide information on the process to achieve a governmental protection mechanism that can guarantee the physical and psychological integrity and the ongoing work of Mexican HRDs. Unless HRDs have sufficient political space and safety guarantees to be able to promote social change, Mexico's democratic transition will be seriously compromised. A protection mechanism is therefore both urgent and necessary.
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Peace Brigades International (PBI) Mexico would like to express its concern for the safety of staff and residents of the migrants' shelter "Digna Frontera" in Piedras Negras, Coahuila run by Father José Guadalupe Valdes, who are at risk after a staff member was attacked and threatened on Monday 9 May.
