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‘No one guarantees my safety’: the killing of Rubén Pat
By Duncan Tucker and Jan-Albert Hootsen* Wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers, the journalist Rubén Pat Cauich left Arre, a bar and live music venue in downtown Playa del Carmen, with a female...
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‘I’m completely unprotected’: the killing of Gustavo Sánchez
By Duncan Tucker and Jan-Albert Hootsen* A small metal cross, half obscured by the parched undergrowth, marks the spot where the journalist Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was gunned down. Inscribed only with...
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Mexico: Killings of journalists under state protection show urgent need to...
Eight journalists have been killed while enrolled in Mexico’s Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists in the last seven years, a figure that highlights the urgent need...
View Article“We are constantly on high alert”: activists and health professionals who...
By Lisa Maracani and Josefina Salomón* There is rarely a dull day at work for Dr. Laura Gil, a Colombian gynecologist. But even for her, certain days stand out from the rest. One morning in 2022, as...
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Seven stories of strength and hope to commemorate this 8th March
By Camila Ruiz Segovia, Guillermo Rodriguez García and Naomi Bernaldez Today, 8th March, International Women’s Day, Amnesty International acknowledges the struggle and reporting of seven individuals...
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Despite having an injunction preventing the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists from withdrawing the surveillance detail that guarantees his integrity, journalist...
View ArticleCBP One Mobile Application Violates the Rights of People Seeking Asylum in...
The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of seeking asylum in the United States is a clear violation of international human rights and refugee law, said Amnesty...
View ArticleLove is the driving force behind the cries, the marches and the search for...
By Karla Martínez and Verónica Durán Lara, members of the collective Hasta Encontrarte, based in Guanajuato, Mexico * Following the disappearance of a family member, life changes completely. There’s a...
View ArticleMexico: Authorities use criminal justice system to investigate and carry out...
The SEIDO of the then PGR – now FEMDO of the FGR – carried out an unlawful judicial investigation and illegal surveillance activities against these three human rights defenders in 2016. It is still...
View ArticleGlobal: New technology and AI used at borders increases inequalities and...
In a new research briefing released today, Amnesty International documents extensively the ways in which technology contributes to the growing trend of human rights violations at borders and urges...
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Women searching for the disappeared in the Americas
Women searching for the disappeared in the Americas#SearchingWithoutFear©ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images Back to What We Do Overview For so many people with missing loved ones across the...
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Americas: States must guarantee women’s right to search for missing and...
Most searches for the forcibly disappeared are led by women (women searchers), who in the process face risks, attacks and harm to their health and finances. The work of women searchers fills the void...
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