PBI Mexico: The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights grants precautionary measures to Juan Manual Martinez Moreno
Oaxaca.- The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (ICHR) has ordered precautionary measures in favour of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno and his family, requesting the Mexican Government to adopt the necessary means to guarantee their lives and physical integrity.
PBI Mexico: New threats against Father Solalinde and migrant rights defenders
On November 11, in the state of Oaxaca, José Alberto Donis of the 'Hermanos en el Camino' migrant shelter, suffered physical aggressions and death threats against both himself and his colleague Father Alejandro Solalinde. These attacks represent an increase in the risk which risks for the staff of the shelter, which provides humanitarian and legal aid to migrants. PBI would like to communicate its profound concern for the security of Father Solalinde and his colleagues.
PBI Mexico Interview with Father Solalinde: “The Mexican State should stop criminalising humanitarian assistance”
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The Guardian: My legal hero: Dr Alirio Uribe Muñoz, 17 November 2010
A Colombian human rights lawyer, Uribe fights for the oppressed in a country where such work attracts deadly enemies
PBI Mexico: Radilla Sentence: International Bar Association demands implementation
The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has written to Mexican President Felipe Calderón to demand that the Mexican State fully comply with the sentence emitted by the Inter American Court of Human Rights in the case of the forced disappearance of Rosendo Radilla.