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Fleeing for Our Lives: Central American Migrant Crisis
WATCH LIVE: Human Rights Implications of Protecting People on the Move in the Americas Migration from Central America to the U.S. is not a new phenomenon, however the reasons,…
Press Release
Crime reporter’s brutal murder in Mexico highlights need for protection
The discovery of the dead body of a Mexican crime reporter who had been kidnapped on Monday is a tragic reminder of the harrowing reality faced by thousands of journalists…
Report
“Treated with Indolence:” The State’s Response to Disappearances in Mexico
Systemic incompetence and a complete lack of will by state and federal authorities in Mexico to properly search for and investigate the disappearance of thousands of people is fuelling a…
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Reaping the Harvest of Fear: The Obama Administration Deports Asylum Seekers
This month, the Obama administration started to round up and deport many Central Americans, who despite surviving harrowingly difficult journeys, failed to achieve their goal of finding a home in…
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Mexico’s Journey of Death: ‘I opened the coffin and I knew it was not my daughter’
[caption id="attachment_64096" align="aligncenter" width="2944"] © AFP PHOTO/ JOSE Cabezas[/caption] By Josefina Salomón, News Writer at Amnesty International in Mexico @josefinasalomon It was the most difficult day of her life. On…
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Moving Together to End Police Brutality
This weekend is the International Day Against Police Brutality, which is an opportunity to celebrate the power of a grassroots movement by continuing to build one.
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Justice for Claudia: “I will not allow even one more woman to be tortured in Mexico”
Claudia Medina Tamariz, who was tortured into a false confession by Mexican authorities, celebrates with Amnesty International upon learning a judge has just dropped the last remaining charge against her.
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Mexico betrayed
[caption id="attachment_54601" align="alignleft" width="618"] Printouts of missing College students, missing in Iguala. (Reuters)[/caption] It has been a month since the disappearance of 43 ‘normalistas’, students that train to become teachers…
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14 Facts about Torture in Mexico
[caption id="attachment_54291" align="alignleft" width="620"] Torture and other ill-treatment is out of control in Mexico. © EPA/Ulises Ruiz Basurto.[/caption] For years Amnesty International has been investigating and recording evidence of torture…
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The Terrifying Reason 64% of Mexicans Fear Detention
Mexican authorities have been dismissive if not dishonest in responding to the horrific spike of torture and ill-treatment. But the solution is also real and present.