• Apr 17 2013
  • 12:03pm
Military and police heavily involved in enforced disappearances
Mexico like many countries is plagued by corruption, discrimination against indigenous people and huge income inequality.
  • Apr 5 2013
  • 4:43pm
Urgent Actions for April
Urgent Actions support individuals in immediate danger around the world by flooding the relevant authorities with faxes, emails, telegrams and letters. Please help us if you can.
  • Apr 3 2013
  • 1:38am
Two young men allegedly tortured and executed by Mexican soldiers
On 18 March 2013, Alfredo Ruiz Rojas (23) and a teenager were shot and killed  in disputed circumstances in the town of Nuevo Lared
  • Mar 20 2013
  • 6:10pm
Victims of torture ignored in Mexico: One woman fights back
Video In 2011 police in Mexico arrested Miriam López, a 30-year-old housewife and mother of four, in her hometown near the United States border.
  • Nov 10 2012
  • 1:01am
Central America Campaign - General Info
Central America Special Actions
  • Oct 29 2012
  • 4:51pm
25th October urgent action request - ACTIVIST LEADER AND WIFE KILLED IN MEXICO
UA 320/12        25 October 2012        URGENT ACTION
  • Apr 8 2012
  • 3:19pm
Mexican newspaper fights for truth
A tiny Mexican newspaper is leading the fight for truth in the face of the drugs war, says this art
  • Mar 8 2012
  • 6:13pm
Good news for International Women's Day!
The Individuals at Risk team have been working for a few years now on the case of Inés Fernández Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantú - two indigenous women who ...
  • Mar 2 2012
  • 6:00pm
Good news! Mexican human rights defender released (update to UA 62/12)
Mexico - Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez
  • Feb 24 2012
  • 5:51pm
ACTION: Mexican Human Rights Defender Arrested (UA 62/12)
Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez is a human rights defender who defends the rights of Indigenous people.