PBI-Mexico has posted: “This week we accompanied Alejandro Torres from the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water-Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala with the Embassy of Finland in Mexico in the State of Puebla as part of the accompaniment provided by the #Protect Their Voices Initiative. We thank and acknowledge the Read more…
Photo: “María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz, indigenous Purépecha activist from Michoacán, in Madrid Río on 26 September.” Photo by Mario Bermudo. María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz is an Indigenous Purhépecha lawyer and member of the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH), an organization accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project. El Read more…
PBI-Mexico has posted: “We are deeply shocked by the murder of Father Marcelo. We condemn his murder, call for a thorough investigation into this crime, and recall the Mexican State’s obligation to protect human rights defenders.” In July 2022, PBI-Mexico joined with other organizations to “urge the federal government to Read more…
In its 2001 annual review, Peace Brigades International noted: “The situation of human rights defenders [in Mexico] worsened significantly after the 19 October assassination of internationally known human rights defender Digna Ochoa and death threats against other human rights defenders.” That PBI report further noted: “One of the cases that Digna Read more…
Photo: María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz of the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH) meets with UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, September 18, 2024. The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) reports that Peace Brigades International and other organizations co-hosted the Women Human Rights Advocacy Week (WHRD-AW) this past September Read more…
PBI-Mexico has posted: “#Ayotzinapa10 years September 26th marked 10 years since the disappearance of the 43 students from #Ayotzinapa. PBI accompanies the march for truth, justice, and an end to widespread impunity in cases of enforced disappearance in Mexico #JusticeForThe43.” Thousands marched The Associated Press also explains: “Families of the Read more…
The full civil society statement on the Working Group report can be read here. PBI-Mexico has posted: “Today the two-year report of the Working Group to strengthen the @Mecanismo_MX [Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists operated by the Ministry of the Interior] was delivered, promoted by @ONUDHmexico [Office Read more…
This morning, PBI-Mexico posted: “Yesterday, Mª Eugenia de la @redsolidariaDH was able to speak with the Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo @SRWatSan about the challenges and impacts faced by the communities of Michoacán regarding access to water due to its indiscriminate use in monocultures and mining activities.” María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz, Read more…
Video: Laura Furones: “The question around who is responsible really is one of the key questions.” The Global Witness report — Missing Voices: The violent erasure of land and environment defenders – released this week says: “Establishing a direct relationship between the murder of a defender and specific corporate interests Read more…
Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanied the National Meeting of Struggles against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects, January 2022. As noted in this statement signed by multiple organizations, the People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala (FPDTA-PMT) has endorsed the call for a Continental Meeting building an Read more…