Mexico Letters

Mexico: Recalling the Rule of Law: Report of the Lawyers’ Delegation to Mexico

Mexico: Recalling the Rule of Law. Report of the Lawyers’ Delegation to Mexico by Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and others … [Read more...]

Mexico: Raúl Hernández, preso de conciencia y defensor de los de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas

RE: Raúl Hernández, preso de conciencia y defensor de los de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas To: Lic. Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont Urueta, Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Lic. David Augusto Sotelo Rosas From: Lic. Cara E.I. Gibbons Date: 2010-07-06 Dear Minister Gómez … [Read more...]

Mexico: In the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Case No. 12.579 Valentina Rosendo Cantú et. al. v. The United States of Mexico

Full PDF: Mexico: In the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Case No. 12.579 Valentina Rosendo Cantú et. al. v. The United States of Mexico … [Read more...]

Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Rosendo v. Mexico

Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Rosendo et al v. Mexico, LRWC amicus curiae brief by Cara Gibbons and Alyssa Brierley … [Read more...]

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in Oaxaca, Mexico

Re: Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in Oaxaca, Mexico To: Lic. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, et al. From: Cara Gibbons and Alyssa Brierely Date: 2010-05-05 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) condemns the ambush of human rights defenders in … [Read more...]

RAUL HERNANDEZ – Mexican Indigenous Human Rights defender

Raul Hernandez is a member of the Me'phaa Indigenous People's Organization (OPIM) which promotes the human right of the Me'phaa people in Guerrero State in Mexico. On April 17, 2008 he and four other OPIM members were arrested at a military checkpoint in Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero for the … [Read more...]

Wrongful detention of human rights defender Raúl Hernández

Re: Wrongful detention of human rights defender Raúl Hernández To: Minister Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont Urueta & Attorney General Eduardo Murueta Urrutia From: Cara Gibbons Date: 2010-04-29 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada marks with concern the two-year anniversary of the wrongful … [Read more...]

Javier Torres Cruz

Re: Javier Torres Cruz To: Senor Gobernador From: Prof. H. Ihmig, Gail Davidson Date: 2010-03-01 On December 22 2008 we sent you a letter denouncing the kidnapping of campesiono Javier Torres Cruz, a campesino from the community of La Morena in the Sierra de Petatlán, who testified … [Read more...]

Mexico: GUSTAVO DE LA ROSA HICKERSON – Human Rights Lawyer

Human rights lawyer Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson is one of the few officials to publically recognise the substantial increase in human rights violations by the armed forces in Ciudad Juarez, Northern Mexico. Thousands of military have patrolled the streets of Ciudad Juarez since 2008 in an attempt … [Read more...]

Acerca del caso de Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson

Re: Acerca del caso de Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson To: Secretario de Gobernación; Lic. José Reyes Baeza Terrazas; Lic. José Luis Armendáriz González From: Cara Gibbons, LRWC Member Date: 2009-10-09 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) es un comité de abogados de Canadá que provee ayuda … [Read more...]