30/06/2024
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Activities for our missing people within the framework of Mother's Day, San Cristóbal de las Casas, May 2024 © SIPAZ
30/06/2024
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FOCUS: I name you, Mexico, a country of disappeared people

For some years now, various human rights organizations and groups of searching families have been documenting and denouncing the crisis of disappearances in Mexico. In 2023, people spoke with surprise about the alarming figure that had been reached: 100 thousand missing people; today there are more than 116 thousand.
30/06/2024
30/06/2024
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The presidential candidate of the ruling party MORENA, Claudia Sheinbaum, addresses her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 3, 2024 © Fernando Llanos / Ap Photo
30/06/2024
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LATEST: Elections amid High Levels of Political Violence

In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
30/06/2024
22/03/2024
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22/03/2024
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FOCUS: Southern Border and Sierra trapped in the middle of relentless terror

Civil society organizations in Chiapas joined their voices to highlight and demand that the situation of violence that has been experienced since 2021 in the border and mountain region of the state be recognized and addressed,
22/03/2024
22/03/2024
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Pilgrimage of Pueblo Creyente of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, January 2024 © SIPAZ
22/03/2024
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LATEST: 2024 Elections, under fire?

In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
22/03/2024
09/03/2023
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Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Justin Trudeau - Xth Summit of North American Leaders © REUTERS
09/03/2023
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LATEST: 10th Summit of North American Leaders takes place in Mexico

On January 9th and 10th, the 10th Summit of North American Leaders was held in Mexico City. Prior to the meeting, various civil organizations from the three countries sent a letter to the leaders of Mexico, the United States, and Canada requesting that they put on the table "the most urgent crises of our time: armed violence, environmental destruction, and the criminalization of migration."
09/03/2023