Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns

Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns

In a statement concluding a 12-day visit there, the UN expert group said that reforms including the transition to an accusatory criminal procedure, adherence to international human rights laws and introduction of a National Registry of Detentions, and an increasingly human-rights centred legal system are significant achievements. ‘Catalyst for ill-treatment’ However, they noted that “these…

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Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists

Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists

“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,” they said in a statement, issued in the wake of two recent incidents. Brutal killing  Human rights defender Teresa Magueyal was shot dead while riding her bicycle in Celaya, Guanajuato state, on 2 May.  Her son, José Luis Apaseo Magueyal, 34,…

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Discover the city of the ancient Maya civilization in the jungles of Mexico

Discover the city of the ancient Maya civilization in the jungles of Mexico

Mexico City: An ancient Mayan city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, which experts say may have been the center of Mayan culture 1,000 years ago. According to international media reports, experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said that the city has large pyramid-like buildings, stone pillars, three…

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